Op-Ed: Biden has overseen most catastrophic foreign policy failures in recent history

This article originally appeared in Washington Times on February 9, 2023

The Biden administration arrived in January 2021 with the media amen chorus heralding the return of competence and professionalism in foreign affairs. The Kennedy School and McKinsey were back. Of course, the chorus did not appreciate the irony of reminding America what happened the last time “the best and the brightest” were in charge. A trip to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial might jog their memory.

For all its boasting of foreign policy expertise, the Biden administration has overseen the most catastrophic failures in foreign policy in recent history.

After all, the unpredictable amateurs in the Trump administration delivered broader peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors, stronger ties with Britain and Japan, and relative calm in Afghanistan. They also put Russian President Vladimir Putin in a box, eliminated Lt. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the world’s most sinister terrorist, and kept Communist China on its side of the Taiwan Strait. But don’t worry, The Washington Post and The New York Times said — the experts would restore America’s rightful place at the Davos gabfest.

Well, these experts have fulfilled their promise, and they have changed the world, but not for the better.

What our nation needs is a keen focus on the American interest in any given crisis, the reassurance of allies and deterrence of adversaries, and the bold deployment of all levers of American power in a deliberate manner. Unfortunately, the Biden administration has taken the opposite approach...

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