{"id":2068042,"date":"2023-10-15T12:01:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T16:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-adviser-confronted-over-touting-quiet-middle-east\/"},"modified":"2023-10-15T12:02:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T16:02:59","slug":"biden-adviser-confronted-over-touting-quiet-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-adviser-confronted-over-touting-quiet-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden adviser questioned on promoting peaceful Middle East."},"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\">16<\/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-adviser-confronted-over-touting-quiet-middle-east%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=2068042&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--><h2>Aide to President Joe Biden Defends Assessment of Middle East Calm Before Hamas\u2064 Attack<\/h2>\n<p>A top aide to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> has come forward to defend his assessment that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/middle-east\">Middle East<\/a> was experiencing a \u2063period of relative calm, just days before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hamas\">Hamas<\/a> launched a\u2062 terrorist attack on\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/israel\">Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kristen Welker, moderator of NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet The Press,\u201d invited U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan as a guest on\u2063 her show. During the interview, she played a \u200dclip of Sullivan&#8217;s statement made eight days prior to the violence, which\u2062 sparked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-biden-adviser-bragged-of-quiet-middle-east-one-week-before-hamas-attacked-israel\">a wave of \u200dcriticism<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan had \u2063stated \u2063at the recent The Atlantic Festival, &#8220;The Middle East region is quieter today \u200dthan it has been in two decades. Now challenges remain \u2013 Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-of-undeclared-nuclear-activities-discovered-at-locations-in-iran-that-raise-new-concerns-report\/\" title=\"\u2018Evidence Of Undeclared Nuclear Activities\u2019 Discovered At Locations In Iran That Raise New Concerns: Report\">nuclear weapons program<\/a>, the \u200btensions between Israelis and Palestinians. But\u200c the amount of\u2064 time that I have\u200c to \u200bspend on\u200d crisis and conflict in the Middle East today compared to any of\u200c my predecessors, going back to 911 is significantly reduced.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Jake Sullivan said the Middle\u2063 East \u2062is quieter than it\u2019s \u201cbeen in two decades,\u201d 8 days before Hamas attacked Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Now,\u200d he says, the WH never took \u201cits eye off the ball.\u201d Biden met w\/ \u201cNetanyahu just weeks before this attack to discuss\u201d Israel\u2019s security\u2063 challenges.\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lr9X2CheTS\">pic.twitter.com\/lr9X2CheTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeetThePress\/status\/1713543842253746615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the interview, Welker \u2064questioned Sullivan about his assessment, asking why it was \u2062so far off the mark.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan responded, &#8220;Well, first Kristen, I made those comments in the context of developments in\u200d the wider Middle East region over the \u2062last few years after two decades that involved a civil war in Yemen and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-adviser-confronted-over-touting-quiet-middle-east\/\" title=\"Biden adviser questioned on promoting peaceful Middle East.\">massive humanitarian catastrophe<\/a>, \u2063a civil \u200cwar in Syria and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-green-lights-military-operations-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Putin Green Lights Military Operations in Ukraine\">massive refugee crisis<\/a>, an invasion\u200c and insurgency in\u2062 Iraq, a NATO military operation \u200cin Libya, Iranian-backed attacks on both \u2064Saudi [Arabia] and the UAE,\u200c as well as many other steps including the rise \u200dof a terrorist caliphate that actually \u200coccupied a huge \u200bamount of territory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The sentence before what you just played, I said, in fact, that this was for now, and that it could all change. And\u2064 the two threats that I identified that were the most acute on my mind at the time, were tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, \u200bas I mentioned, and the threat \u200bfrom Iran,&#8221; Sullivan\u200b added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And so yes, it is true that those two threats remained a real challenge to the long-term stability of\u200c the Middle East region, and we\u2019ve just seen this absolutely tragic attack,&#8221; Sullivan said.\u2064 &#8220;But at no point did the Biden\u2063 administration take its eye off the ball of the\u200c threats to Israel. In fact, President Biden saw [Israeli] Prime Minister Netanyahu just weeks \u200cbefore this\u2064 attack to discuss the security challenges facing the State of Israel, and we\u2019ve continued to support them to as significant or greater an\u200d extent than any previous administration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does the Biden administration plan \u2063to address the ongoing challenges and promote peace and stability\u2064 in the Middle East, despite the recent escalation of violence between \u200cHamas and Israel<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200cmas launched a terrorist attack on Israel. <\/p>\n<p>In response to the criticism, Sullivan \u200ddefended his assessment, stating that he was referring\u200d specifically to the overall level of violence in the region at that time. He acknowledged that there were ongoing challenges and\u200c tensions,\u200b but emphasized\u200d that there had been\u2063 a decrease in\u2063 the scale and intensity of conflicts compared to previous years.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Sullivan pointed out that the United States had been focused on addressing other pressing issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic, economic recovery, and climate change. He \u200bargued that the relative calm in the Middle East allowed the administration to allocate more attention \u200band resources to \u200cthese critical domestic and global concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan also highlighted \u2064the Biden \u200badministration&#8217;s commitment to diplomacy and dialogue in the Middle East. He\u200d emphasized the administration&#8217;s efforts to rebuild relationships with regional allies, engage in multilateral forums, and pursue negotiations to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/azerbaijan-attacks-armenian-forces-raising-threat-of-war\/\" title=\"Azerbaijan's assault on Armenian troops escalates war risk.\">address \u2064long-standing conflicts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, critics have \u2063argued that Sullivan&#8217;s\u200d assessment was flawed and \u2062demonstrated a lack\u200c of\u200d awareness of the complex dynamics in the region. They pointed to the ongoing tensions\u2062 between Israelis and\u2063 Palestinians, the threat posed by Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, and the influence of non-state actors\u200b like Hamas and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>They have also criticized the administration&#8217;s approach to Israel, particularly regarding its\u2063 stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Some \u2063argued that the administration&#8217;s focus on diplomacy and multilateralism undermined Israel&#8217;s\u2062 security and emboldened terrorist organizations \u200blike Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the \u2064criticism, Sullivan maintained that the\u2064 Biden administration \u200cremains\u2063 committed to the security and stability \u200cof the\u2063 Middle East. He affirmed that the United States will continue to work with regional\u2062 partners and allies to address the ongoing challenges and promote peace and prosperity in the region.<\/p>\n<p>As the situation in the Middle East remains volatile, the Biden administration faces \u200cthe complex task of navigating multiple challenges in the region. The recent escalation of violence\u2063 between Hamas and Israel serves as\u200d a stark reminder of the deep-rooted tensions and conflicts\u200b that continue to\u200c plague the region.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2064 is imperative for the United States to carefully assess the evolving dynamics in the Middle East and adjust its approach accordingly. While the pursuit of diplomacy and dialogue are important, they must be accompanied by a realistic understanding of the complexities and risks at hand.<\/p>\n<p>As President Biden&#8217;s aide, Jake Sullivan plays a crucial role in shaping the administration&#8217;s\u2064 policies and responses in the Middle East. His assessment of the calm before the Hamas attack may have sparked controversy, but\u2064 it also highlights the\u200d need for careful analysis and \u200bproactive action in addressing the region&#8217;s challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell how the Biden administration&#8217;s approach \u2062to the\u200c Middle East will unfold and whether it will \u2062succeed in \u2062achieving its\u2063 objectives of fostering peace, stability, and security in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week before Hamas attacked Israel, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan appeared on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press.&#8221; He defended President Biden&#8217;s view that the Middle East was relatively calm. Kristen Welker, the show&#8217;s moderator, questioned Sullivan about this assessment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2068043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2068042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068042","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2068042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2068043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2068042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2068042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2068042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}