The Middle East Is Biden s Worst Crisis – WSJ

The Middle East is on fire today because the Biden administration s core regional strategy to reach some kind of détente with Iran has catastrophically failed. Iran, closer every day to nuclear weapons, is at the point of upending the regional balance of power even as its Houthi proxies have largely blocked trade through the Red Sea. Meanwhile, the Taliban s humiliation of the U.S. in Afghanistan, the shock of Hamas s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and the success of jihadist movements across much of Africa have combined to breathe new energy into global terror networks.

The past 50 years teach that strategic failure in the Middle East destroys presidencies. As the White House scrambles to respond to Iran s latest attack on American forces, let s hope it recognizes how high the stakes have become.

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Walter Mead.