{"id":2222656,"date":"2024-04-16T18:01:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T22:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-keeps-saying-dont-enemies-dont-give-a-damn-trumps-threats-established-american-deterrence\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T18:04:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T22:04:16","slug":"biden-keeps-saying-dont-enemies-dont-give-a-damn-trumps-threats-established-american-deterrence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-keeps-saying-dont-enemies-dont-give-a-damn-trumps-threats-established-american-deterrence\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Repeated &#8216;Don&#8217;ts&#8217; Fall Short as Enemies Remain Unfazed; Trump&#8217;s Threats Upheld American Deterrence Successfully"},"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\">30<\/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-keeps-saying-dont-enemies-dont-give-a-damn-trumps-threats-established-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=2222656&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>The summary\u2063 covers Biden&#8217;s\u2064 repetitive use of &#8220;Don&#8217;t&#8221; in foreign\u2062 policy, contrasting it with Trump&#8217;s effective deterrence strategies. It \u200cdiscusses the concept of deterrence and how Biden&#8217;s approach may not \u2063be perceived as credible on the world\u200b stage. The text highlights \u2063the importance of deterrence in international \u200brelations and addresses concerns about the US being deterred by smaller powers despite its military superiority.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joe Biden, the president of the United States, says one word over and over and over: \u201cDon\u2019t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He said it of the Taliban with regard to attacks on American troops. And then they did. He said it to the Russians with regard to going into Ukraine. And then they did. Now he\u2019s said it to the Iranians with regard to directly attacking Israel. And then, of course, they did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All of which means that Joe Biden is not a credible player on the world stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is something in foreign policy called deterrence. It\u2019s the single most important concept of the postwar era. The Defense Department defines <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/perconcordiam.com\/modern-deterrence\/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Department%20of%20Defense,to%20communicate%20to%20counter%20an\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">deterrence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  as the \u201cprevention of action by the existence of a credible threat of unacceptable counteraction and\/or belief that the cost of action outweighs the perceived benefits.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In other words, you do not attack me because I am threatening you. If you attack me, I will clock you into next week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You know who is an expert at deterrence? President Donald Trump. He was excellent at deterrence because every threat that he uttered was perfectly credible. He kept everybody off-balance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s a kind of madman theory of foreign policy. You never knew when he meant it and you never knew when he didn\u2019t. It didn\u2019t matter whether you understood it. It only mattered whether <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">understood it. He could push you off the ball simply by saying, \u201cIf you cross the line, you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen, but it\u2019s going to be really bad.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And other nations took that seriously. The Taliban took that seriously. Russia took that seriously. China took that seriously. Iran took that seriously.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But when Joe Biden \u2014 over and over and over again \u2014 keeps saying \u201cDon\u2019t,\u201d and then other parties <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">do,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  and the United States not only doesn\u2019t respond but also slow-walks aid to America\u2019s allies so even America\u2019s allies cannot respond, or also intervenes to tell America\u2019s allies not to do too much, the party that is deterred is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">not<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, in fact, the opponents, the enemies of the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The party that is deterred is the United States herself.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/ep-1948-will-israel-strike-iran-member-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH: The Ben Shapiro Show<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is one thing to suggest that the United States should be deterred from forward action by the presence of, for example, the Soviet Union. But to suggest that the United States should be deterred from providing full aid to Ukraine, such that Ukraine is not overrun, and that we should be deterred by the possibility Vladimir Putin is going to unleash nuclear weapons \u2014 which of course is not a credible threat when it comes to simply maintaining the current battle lines in Ukraine \u2014 that\u2019s stupid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Or the suggestion that the United States should be deterred by Iran, which is what\u2019s happening right now. Iran is saying, \u201cWe fired 300-odd missiles and drones at Israel. Most of those got knocked down. Virtually all of them got knocked down. But don\u2019t go further or we are going to go further.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Iran is saying if Israel were to counterattack, then it would unleash 1,500 cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. So Biden is putting pressure on Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The United States is the deterred party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Being deterred is a sign that you are the weaker party in any conflict. The stronger party typically is not deterred. It is the weaker party who is worried that the cost of action will outweigh the perceived benefit. Typically, if you are on the playground, it is not the bully who is being deterred by the weakling. It\u2019s the weakling who is being deterred by the bully.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When it comes to foreign policy, the United States has the world\u2019s largest and most powerful military presence spanning the globe in terms of technology \u2014 far more advanced than anything on the table by a factor of probably five.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And yet, the United States is being deterred over and over by significantly smaller powers, which is why smaller powers are feeling their oats right now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So the question is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">why<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? Why exactly has it become rote for smaller powers to deter the United States?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The answer is not the insufficiency of American materiel. The answer is not the insufficiency of America\u2019s military might. America is so far beyond, for example, the Chinese military in terms of advancement. China going to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/quincy-institute-fellow-worries-israeli-lobby-will-scuttle-new-iran-deal\/\" title=\"Quincy Institute Fellow Worries \u2018Israeli Lobby\u2019 Will Scuttle New Iran Deal\">full-scale war<\/a> with the United States would be the biggest mistake China ever made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And if that\u2019s true of China, who has nuclear weapons, think about Iran, who does not have nuclear weapons and whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-nuclear-threat-against-japan-hybrid-warfare-and-the-end-of-minimum-deterrence\/\" title=\"China\u2019s Nuclear Threat Against Japan: Hybrid Warfare And The End Of Minimum Deterrence\">ballistic missile system<\/a> is so bad that half of the rockets just fired at Israel fell in its own territory or the territory of other countries before they even hit Israeli airspace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, again, why is America being deterred? The answer is simple: moral cowardice. Under Biden, the United States has become a morally cowardly force. Under Biden, the United States has basically decided that any engagement in the world\u2019s sphere is some sort of act of aggression. Even so much as funding our allies so those allies can defend themselves with forward action to deter \u2014 for example, Iran from doing this again \u2014 would be some sort of American aggression that would escalate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reality is that when it comes to the Middle East, every single conflict is a game of chicken. The game of chicken, as we all know, is a game wherein two sides drive toward a cliff and whoever gets closest to the cliff without driving over wins. The worst case scenario is you\u2019re the one who goes off the cliff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But when it comes to the United States versus other countries, we have both the best gas and the best brakes. The reality is that if there were to be a cliff and if we were to hit it, the significant impact would be on Iran and not on the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The United States is already engaged in wartime activity against Iran. It was American forces striking down drones directly from Iranian territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But it is Joe Biden who is acting the weakling, not just with regard to Iran directly, but also with regard to Hezbollah, with regard to Hamas, which is a basically defunct terror group at this point. The only reason that is happening is because Biden does not have the courage of American convictions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is not an argument for America to be involved in war. There\u2019s an argument that American deterrence relies on credible threat of force, and that in a world where America\u2019s deterrence is gone, everybody gets a lot more aggressive, the world becomes a lot more violent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There\u2019s this theory out there from both the far-libertarian Right and from the far-Left Noam Chomsky group that the way <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-reboot-of-famous-war-novel-premieres-at-toronto-film-festival\/\" title=\"German reboot of famous war novel premieres at Toronto film festival\">world wars start<\/a> is through a series of escalating steps that no one can stop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are two ways world wars start. That can be one way world wars start: when you have a relative balance of power. But when you have one full-on dominant power, the way the world war starts is by simply mistaking your way into it by failure of credibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reality is that the United States owes it to the West to be an iron wall and to provide enough support to its allies that those allies can be an iron wall against forces of countries like Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And yet, that is not what the Biden administration is pursuing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That is a moral shortcoming. That is a question of will and a question of common sense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US President, Joe Biden, repeatedly emphasizes &#8220;Don&#8217;t,&#8221; warning the Taliban against targeting American troops and cautioning Russia from entering Ukraine. Despite his warnings, both incidents occurred. 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