{"id":203521,"date":"2021-03-09T09:45:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T14:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=203521"},"modified":"2021-03-09T09:45:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T14:45:13","slug":"biden-already-struggling-on-international-stage-as-expert-warns-he-may-be-making-middle-east-war-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-already-struggling-on-international-stage-as-expert-warns-he-may-be-making-middle-east-war-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Already Struggling On International Stage As Expert Warns He May Be Making Middle East War Worse"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fbiden-already-struggling-on-international-stage-as-expert-warns-he-may-be-making-middle-east-war-worse%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=203521&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Biden-12-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden is already showing early warning signs that he is struggling on the international stage, particularly in the Middle East, where a national security expert warns that Biden might be making a war in the region worse by his policies.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration announced last month that it was reversing the Trump administration\u2019s to designate the Yemeni Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.<\/p>\n<p>The Council on Foreign Relations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/blog\/biden-and-houthis\">noted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The main defense of the Trump administration decision to call the Houthis terrorists is that they repeatedly commit acts of terrorism. QED. And the main critique of the Biden administration\u2019s revocation of that decision is equally simple: the Houthis have long committed, and continue to commit, acts of terror. They should be designated an FTO because they are an FTO.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Not only did Biden lift the terrorist designation on the Yemeni Houthis, he also announced last month that the U.S. would no longer support Saudi Arabia\u2019s war against the terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/usa-biden-yemen-int\/biden-ends-u-s-support-for-saudi-arabia-in-yemen-says-war-has-to-end-idUSKBN2A4268\">reported<\/a> last month:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-62 Component-p-0-2-53\"><em>Biden \u2026 declared a halt to U.S. support for a Saudi Arabia-led military campaign in Yemen, demanding that the more than six-year war, widely seen as a proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran, \u201chas to end.\u201d \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-62 Component-p-0-2-53\"><em>\u201cThis war has to end,\u201d the Democratic president said during a visit to the U.S. State Department in Washington. \u201cAnd to underscore our commitment, we\u2019re ending all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen, including relevant arms sales.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The move is a reversal of a policy of both the Democratic Obama and Republican Trump administrations. Biden was vice president in the Obama administration.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the Biden administration signaled this week that it is growing increasingly alarmed over the acts of terrorism that the Houthis carried out against Saudi Arabia over the weekend, which included firing missiles and drones at a Saudi facility vital to oil exports, according to a separate Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-yemen-security-saudi\/u-s-alarmed-by-frequency-of-attacks-on-saudi-after-houthis-target-oil-heartland-idUSKBN2B01CM?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=twitter\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to be alarmed by the frequency of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. Escalating attacks like these are not the actions of a group that is serious about peace,\u201d White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. \u201cWe understand that they face genuine security threats from Yemen and others in the region\u2026We will look for ways to improve support for Saudi Arabia\u2019s ability to defend its territory against threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Schanzer, senior vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told CNBC on Tuesday that Biden\u2019s desire to end Saudi Arabia\u2019s war in Yemen might be making the entire situation worse.<\/p>\n<p>CNBC notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Schanzer said Biden\u2019s move will not help end the war in Yemen because the U.S. does not have concessions to offer to the Houthis, who now have less incentive than before to make compromises.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, if anything, I think this is likely to make the conflict grow worse,\u201d Schanzer said. \u201cWhat the Biden administration has done is, it has taken the military option off the table for the United States, even by way of proxy through the Saudis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality that we are now facing is that we\u2019ve taken really all of our other leverage off the table, and we\u2019re simply going to hope that an Iran-backed militia will come to the table and act reasonably,\u201d Schanzer added. \u201cUnfortunately, I think this is wishful thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Obama Secretary of Defense Robert Gates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2019\/05\/13\/gates_stands_by_statement_that_biden_has_been_wrong_on_nearly_every_major_foreign_policy_question.html\">warned<\/a> just a couple of years ago that Biden has \u201cbeen wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden is already showing early warning signs that he is struggling on the international stage, particularly in the Middle East, where a national security expert warns that Biden &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310341,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Biden-12-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Already Struggling On International Stage As Expert Warns He May Be Making Middle East War Worse","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Biden-12-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Already Struggling On International Stage As Expert Warns He May Be Making Middle East War Worse","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}