The Biden Administration continues to show weakness, as I mentioned earlier about the murder of an American journalist in Ukraine by the Russians.
Jake Sullivan, White House National Safety Adviser was appearing on the Sunday morning shows. He was asked questions about Ukraine and the strike against the U.S. Consulate at Erbil in Iraq.
Here’s an Iranian social channel claiming it was an attack on the “Mossad’s den of espionage.”
#BREAKING A Telegram channel affiliated to IRGC has released this footage with this caption: “First footage of the damages caused by missile attack against Mossad’s den of espionage in Erbil.” pic.twitter.com/kvxP5P7Nye
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) March 12, 2022
Multiple missiles were apparently fired from Iran at the Consulate. The missiles did not reach the Consulate and no Americans were hurt.
You would expect that the White House would quickly react to Iranians being targeted by the U.S Consulate, or at the very least that it would immediately stop discussions about the terrible Iran Deal they are trying to pass. But so far, no such luck. There has not been any military response to this attack.
Sullivan was asked about their response by “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan.
“Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has now claimed responsibility for firing ballistic missiles into northern Iraq towards a location where the US consulate is located. Are you condemning Iran for carrying out this attack?”
Sullivan claimed they condemned it. But then he seems to have downplayed it and added that no one had been hurt.
“We’re still gathering information on what precisely the target was. Margaret, we do know that the U.S. facility was not attacked. None of the U.S. citizens were hurt. But the United States is absolutely clear, we will do whatever it takes to defend our people, our interests, and our allies, and we are in consultation with the Iraqi government and the government in Iraqi Kurdistan, in part to help them get the missile defense capabilities to be able to defend themselves in their cities–
So they get a bye because they’re lousy shots? And he can’t even say now that Iran alleged targeting a U.S. Consulate would cut off the Iran Deal?
.@margbrennan: Is the nuclear agreement you are negotiating with Iran still valid? @JakeSullivan46: “We will have to see what happens in the days ahead with respect to the diplomacy around the nuclear deal.” pic.twitter.com/IngdC8yd5q
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) March 13, 2022
And they wonder why the world thinks they are weak and wouldn’t respond? They’re putting the United States in a bad light before the rest of the world.
Sullivan then addressed the issue of chemical weapons being used by Ukraine.
MARGARET BreNNAN: Jake. Reports are coming out of Ukraine that white phosphorus has been used, and reports of the use of chlorine gas. What is the likelihood of an attack by chemical weapons in Ukraine?
SULLIVAN: We can’t predict a time or place. The Russians have been using increasingly harsh language to claim that Ukraine and the United States may use chemical or biological weapons. And that’s a tell, Margaret. That’s an indicator that in fact, the Russians are getting ready to do it and try and pin the blame elsewhere, and nobody should fall for that. That is why we’ve gone out so decisively at the United Nations Security Council and elsewhere to rob the Russians of the capacity to pin this on anyone other than themselves. As the President stated on Friday, Russians will have to pay severe consequences if they use chemical weapons in Ukraine.
Sullivan wouldn’t define what “severe price” meant, nor would he say if it would be a “game-changer.” He did say it would be a “shocking additional line that Putin is crossing,” if he did it.
Sullivan also refused to tell “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd what that “severe price” would be.
WATCH: National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says Russia will pay a “severe price” for chemical weapon use. #MTP@JakeSullivan46: “When Russia starts accusing other countries of potentially doing something, it’s a good tell that they may be on the cusp of doing it themselves.” pic.twitter.com/8S9CTKJVgl
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) March 13, 2022
The problem now is that Putin isn’t put off by this, and people don’t think the Biden team means it — when they use these terms and don’t respond appropriately to things like an attack on the U.S. Consulate. That didn’t even earn a “severe price if true” comment. It was more like “oh well, no one was hurt.”
“No harm, no foul,” in other words. Putin knows from the outset that Biden is not interested in any U.S. military intervention, and he doesn’t have to worry about that. When you get responses like these, it puts us in grave danger.
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