{"id":1223569,"date":"2022-01-19T00:23:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T05:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1223569"},"modified":"2022-01-19T00:23:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T05:23:43","slug":"rep-mike-gallagher-slams-biden-over-iran-warns-of-complete-collapse-of-american-deterrence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mike-gallagher-slams-biden-over-iran-warns-of-complete-collapse-of-american-deterrence\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Mike Gallagher Slams Biden over Iran, Warns of \u2018Complete Collapse of American Deterrence\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-mike-gallagher-slams-biden-over-iran-warns-of-complete-collapse-of-american-deterrence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1223569&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) blasted the Biden administration\u2019s attempt to pin its failures with Iran on the previous administration while warning of the possibility of a \u201ccomplete collapse of American deterrence\u201d due to its refusal to stand up to the Islamic regime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a video clip posted on Monday, Wisconsin Republican Mike Gallagher took issue with President Joe Biden and his administration for an array of failures since taking office, as he expressed particular concern over Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Gallagher discusses the Biden Administration&#8217;s attempt to pin its failures with Iran on the Trump Administration and warned how failing to stand up to the terrorists in Tehran will further damage American deterrence. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5yuAA3UAWe\">pic.twitter.com\/5yuAA3UAWe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Gallagher Press Office (@RepGallagher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepGallagher\/status\/1483122185162133508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Recalling President Biden\u2019s inaugural address nearly one year ago, in which he stated, \u201cmy whole soul is in this \u2014 bringing America together, uniting our people,\u201d Gallagher claimed the president indeed managed to further unite the country \u201cagainst himself and his agenda\u201d this past week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe latest polling numbers show almost 70% of Americans do not approve of the job that Biden is doing,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cIt is very difficult to unite 70% of Americans around the idea that the sky is blue,\u201d he added, \u201cbut, yet, Biden has done the impossible.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Noting the failure abroad during the August withdrawal from Afghanistan as well as domestically in combating COVID-19, Gallagher declared that the president had \u201cfailed the commander-in-chief test.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhether it\u2019s the disgraceful retreat in Afghanistan, whether it is the complete failure to shut down the pandemic, whether it is these pernicious lies about voting rights, just complete gaslighting on display, he has given Americans something they can all agree upon, which is that he has failed the commander-in-chief test,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gallagher urged Americans to realistically consider whether the president would readjust his policies or continue to govern \u201cfrom the radical Twitter-obsessed left.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo now the question I think all Americans have to ask themselves now is: Will President Biden do what is necessary to turn this thing around and start governing from the center, as opposed to governing from the radical Twitter-obsessed left?\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cOr are Biden\u2019s handlers so entrenched in their delusional self-regard that they can\u2019t admit that they\u2019ve been wrong? If that\u2019s the case, then this can actually get worse,\u201d he added. \u201cI genuinely hope that\u2019s not the case.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Calling a \u201cstrong, sharp, energetic president\u201d something that is in every American\u2019s interest, he lamented that such leadership is currently lacking.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cI think it\u2019s in the interest of all Americans to have a strong, sharp, energetic president, regardless of which party he or she belongs to,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t have that right now and that\u2019s a problem.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd I fear that emerging crises are going to further test this feeble, confused administration,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Noting the current friction with both Russia and China, he highlighted his particular concerns over Tehran.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s not just with the Russia conflict, which is on the forefront of everyone\u2019s mind. It\u2019s not just with sort of the looming competition with China. I\u2019m also particularly worried about Iran,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17702034\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1234897278.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17702034\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1234897278.png\" alt=\"talks\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Joe Biden listens during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office at the White House on August 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. During their first face-to-face meeting at the White House, US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett focused their talks on Iran. (Pool Photo by Sarahbeth Maney-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of gloating going on right now in the Iranian press by their officials, which suggests that something is coming,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd my guess is we\u2019re going to see some sort of interim agreement, which the administration has floated.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gallagher deemed such capitulation to the Islamic theocracy a \u201ctotal cave.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou can imagine they agree to stop 60% enrichment or something, and we pay them a lot of blood money in return, which would be a total cave,\u201d he said. \u201cBut you can bet that whenever the Iranians are bragging, and our side hides behind these phrases like, \u2018many details remain to be decided,\u2019 it\u2019s time to hide your wallet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He also claimed that regarding global issues and particularly the issue of Iran, the Biden administration \u201cseems to believe that diplomacy is an end, in and of itself,\u201d and not a means to a lasting goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s like they want to live in this Model UN world where everything is solved with sternly worded press releases and diplomatic deals in Geneva,\u201d he said, \u201cand unfortunately, that\u2019s not the world we live in.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDavos is not the real world. We live in a world where \u2014 or at least in certain parts of that world \u2014 where hard power is still paramount,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd if you\u2019re not willing to fight, if you don\u2019t have a credible military deterrent, your enemies are going to walk all over you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Claiming \u201cwe may have witnessed the collapse of the Biden presidency,\u201d Gallagher concluded by expressing his hope that \u201cwe don\u2019t see the complete collapse of American deterrence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rep. Gallagher\u2019s warnings come <\/span><span>amid heightened tensions between Iran and the West over failing nuclear deal negotiations, as President Biden and his administration attempt to renew the Iran nuclear deal of 2015, which offered Iran sanctions relief in return for promises not to enrich uranium beyond a certain level, though only for a limited period.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Iran, the largest state sponsor of terrorism worldwide, claims its nuclear program is for energy purposes but world leaders, including the six nations that joined the 2015 deal to limit Iran\u2019s nuclear weapons capacity, say enriching uranium may lead to Iran\u2019s ability to quickly create a nuclear weapon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Obama-led nuclear deal \u2014 deemed fatally flawed and highly one-sided by many, and from which then-President Donald Trump withdrew in 2018 \u2014 delineates an enrichment limit of 3.67 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16264196\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nuclear-enrichment-facility-Natanz-Iran-filephoto-AP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16264196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nuclear-enrichment-facility-Natanz-Iran-filephoto-AP.jpg\" alt=\"** FILE ** A general view of Iran&#039;s nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 (miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran, in this photo taken in April, 2007. Iran&#039;s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, warned Thursday Nov. 22, 2007, ahead of a 35-nation meeting on the country&#039;s nuclear program that any threat against his country would have repercussions on the stability of the entire Middle East. (AP photo\/Hasan Sarbakhshian, FILE)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A general view of Iran\u2019s nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 (miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran, in this photo taken in April, 2007. (AP photo\/Hasan Sarbakhshian, FILE)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Iran has been accused of violating the agreement as Tehran produces more enriched uranium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Recently, the International Atomic Energy Agency <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/atomic-watchdog-iran-raising-nuclear-stockpile-81223715\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> member nations in its confidential quarterly report that Iran has an estimated stock of 39 pounds of uranium enriched to up to 60 percent fissile purity, an increase of almost eight kilograms since August.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nevertheless, current nuclear talks in Vienna may see the United States and other world powers provide Iran with economic sanctions relief in exchange for temporary restrictions on its nuclear program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In October, U.S. special envoy for Iran Robert Malley <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/14\/bidens-iran-unconstrained-nuclear-iran\/\"><span>warned<\/span><\/a><span> that Iran successfully achieving nuclear capabilities in the near future is a realistic scenario.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe have to prepare for a world \u2026 where Iran doesn\u2019t have constraints on its nuclear program,\u201d he said, adding that options are being considered to \u201cdeal with\u201d such a scenario even as the Biden administration seeks a return to the Iran deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), along with Republican colleagues, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/01\/exclusive-rep-mo-brooks-blasts-biden-iran-empowering-terrorists\/\"><span>blasted<\/span><\/a><span> President Biden and his administration for displaying weakness in its relations with Iran, having \u201cinexplicably\u201d removed sanctions from Iranian missile producers, and for \u201cempowering\u201d terrorists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In December, former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/21\/mike-pompeo-we-defended-israel-brought-iran-its-knees-biden-reversing-historic-progress\/\"><span>boasted<\/span><\/a><span> of the Trump administration\u2019s bringing Iran \u201cto its knees,\u201d while warning the Biden administration is seeking to \u201creverse the historic progress we brought to the Middle East.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a>.<\/em><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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