If the chest-beating ends, so too might the latest Middle Eastern crisis.
President Joe Biden may have deftly navigated one of the most precarious crises of his tenure, even if he failed to deter Israel’s initial April 1 attack on senior Iranian military leaders and Iran’s drone and missile assault. | Pool photo by Miriam AlsterThe instruction from within Washington has been to keep mum about Israel’s Friday strikes on Isfahan, three U.S.
National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby didn’t appear in front of reporters later in the day, though he’s typically ever-present following hinge moments in global crises. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was left to repel question after question from reporters during the daily briefing, insisting she needed to be “mindful” about not commenting on the attack.
Last week, senior administration officials scrambled to protect Israel against an unprecedented Iranian barrage, revenge for the killing of Iranian paramilitary leaders at a consulate in Syria. Alongside the United Kingdom, France and regional partners, the U.S. and Israel shot down more than 300 drones and missiles, some of them launched directly from Iran for the first time since the regime came to power in 1979.
While most of the officials POLITICO talked to stressed their relief that the attack was relatively limited, one expressed frustration that Israel didn’t heed Biden’s warnings to exercise more restraint and not counterattack. “Israel is playing a dangerous game, and it feels like Biden is putting us in the crosshairs,” the official continued, reflecting anger expressed in other parts of the administration about the president’s Middle East policy.seize container ships in the Strait of Hormuz
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