Saturday, February 27, 2021

Hope he doesn't end up canceling peace.

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is underway in Orlando, Florida. The slogan for this year seems to be "America Uncancelled", which maybe a reference to President Joe Biden reversing every one of his predecessor's policies in a frenzy of Executive Orders. However, Democrats in the House have passed a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill which gives "direct aid to small businesses, $1,400 direct checks to Americans making less than $75,000 annually, an increase in the child tax credit, direct funding to state and local governments, funding for schools and more money for vaccine distribution", reported CNN. President Donald Trump had demanded that the assistance should be $2,000 but Republicans blocked it in Congress. Biden has taken steps to revive the Iran nuclear deal and has lifted travel restrictions on Iranian officials wanting to travel to the US. The nuclear deal with Iran was negotiated by Barack Obama in 2015 in partnership with the UK, France, China, Russia and Germany. The deal was seen as favorable to Iran and was passed by Congress apparently without knowledge of all the details. Obama was so friendly to Iran that former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a personal letter to him to release $2 billion frozen by the US Supreme Court. John Kerry was Secretary of State for Obama from 2013 to 2017. "Biden officials, including John Kerry and Robert Malley, had meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif during the Trump administration that were orchestrated to undermine President Biden's predecessor, a recent report from the Washington Times claims." And, we Indians think that we have been betrayed by traitors. In a sudden burst of virility Biden authorized air strikes against two Iran-backed militia groups in Syria. Curiously, Democrats have criticized the attack, possibly because people still have not forgotten their fierce attacks by Democrats on Trump for bombing Syria after a suspected use of chemical weapon. Also, "The Biden administration has released the intelligence report on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi that concludes that 'Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey, to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi'." Biden did not sanction the Crown Prince but has sanctioned senior Saudi officers. For the first time ever 4 Arab nations, including the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco have normalized diplomatic relations with Israel due to the efforts of Donald Trump. In November, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled secretly to Saudi Arabia to meet with the Crown Prince, something that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. An Israeli owned cargo vessel Helios Ray suffered an explosion off the coast of Oman yesterday, which Israeli sources blame on Iran. In his haste to cancel everyone of Trump's policies Biden might end up canceling peace in the Middle East. As it is we are paying record high prices for petrol and diesel. A war in the Middle East will bring India to a standstill. Perhaps Cancel Biden should take a cold shower.

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