Biden left Trump a poison pill that sabotaged his criminal Iran war

Biden left Trump a poison pill that sabotaged his criminal Iran war – Walt Zlotow

Walt Zlotow West Suburban Peace Coalition Glen Ellyn IL, 22 May26

Two reasons why the Iran war is such a catastrophe, not only a US loss but also degrading the entire world economy? President Biden was stupid and President Trump was stupid.

Trump’s stupidity is plain for every American to see. Trump allowed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to con him into attacking an Iran that was simply too unified, too big, too dispersed and too missile equipped to fall quickly, if at all. Trump believed Iran would be Venezuela 2.0, capitulating within hours. It has largely turned out more like Stalingrad 2.0. By the US largely putting the world’s energy supply under Iran’s control, Trump’s victory plan has become as frozen out as the Russian tundra.

But most Americans are unaware that President Biden’s stupidity served up a poison pill of defeat for a stupid Trump. Biden set the stage for eventual US defeat in Iran by squandering tens of billions in US weapons to fund this senseless and equally failed war on Russia using Ukraine proxies.

Biden provoked the Russian invasion by totally dismissing Russia’s security concerns regarding eventual NATO nukes in Ukraine on Russia’s border, and Ukraine’s destruction of Russia leaning Ukrainians in Donbas. Biden knew Russia would invade; indeed, kept Ukraine from negotiating peace by promising endless US weapons, but no cannon fodder, to repel the Russians. Huge mistake. While over $150 billion in US aid has allowed Ukraine to keep fighting into its fifth year, Ukraine is a ravaged, failed state facing inevitable defeat.

Biden left the US stockpile of both offensive and defensive missiles so depleted the US was unprepared for any long war against a strongly armed opponent. Biden was particularly profligate in abusing the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) to expedite weapons to Ukraine. The PDA was established by Congress with an annual cap of $100 million in weapons to allies in “unforeseen emergencies.” Biden blew past that cap by over $14 billion dollars, furthering depleting US stockpiles, not for an unforeseen emergency, but for a very foreseen Biden military debacle still raging five years on.

Trump knew all this. He’s even complained about Biden’s stupidity when his vaunted war machine ran so low on weapons he had to cry ‘Uncle’ and initiate a ceasefire April 8 after just 39 days of failed war. Trump is so desperate for badly needed Tomahawk missiles to kill innocents that he’s proposed a thousand fold increase in their production as part of his obscene $1.5 trillion war budget for 2027.

Too late Mr. President. Even if passed it will take years for snail like US weapons makers to replenish the missile cupboard Biden emptied on his Russian proxy war.

Both Biden and Trump likely saw the 1994 movie ‘Forrest Gump’. Alas, when it comes to senseless, endless war, both failed to internalize Forrest’s wise admonition…’Stupid is as stupid does.’