Israel and its enemies are getting closer to a broader Middle East war, leaving Biden plenty of firefighting to do during his final six months in office.
President Joe Biden would prefer to be on the campaign trail, making his case for a second presidential term. But it might be fortuitous that having withdrawn from the race, Biden can now give his full attention to a handful of crises that urgently require it.
Did Biden lose the"restraint" battle? In Beirut, Lebanese firefighters search for survivors at a building targeted in a blast, that resulted in killing Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri an six other people. The cause was initially unclear but reports quickly began to circulate suspecting that it could have been a targeted killing on behalf of Israel.
“It is a concern,” Biden said, “that you have China and … North Korea, Russia, Iran—countries not necessarily coordinated in the past—looking to figure out how they can have impact.” Biden isn’t going to rebuild the defense industrial base during his last six months as president. But he’ll surely try to keep hostilities in the Middle East and elsewhere from mushrooming, and if he succeeds, it will be a welcome gift for his successor. If Harris v. Trump remains the dominant story through Election Day on Nov. 5, that could be one of Biden’s biggest triumphs.
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