In light of the Israeli assault on Gaza, which has escalated tensions in the Middle East, US officials are cautioning that President Biden’s decisions may precipitate a major regional conflict.
US officials told HuffPost that the repercussions could be catastrophic should Israel incite a full-scale conflict in southern Lebanon. One official stated, “Every scenario shows this would escalate into something terrible… whether in terms of counterterrorism or war with Iran.”
Many members of the Biden administration, according to the official, feared that unwavering US support for Israel might inspire Israeli authorities to expand their operations into Lebanon. Israel substantially worsened the situation last week when it executed a drone strike in Beirut, resulting in the demise of a high-ranking Hamas representative engaged in hostage negotiations.
“I’ve been trying to keep an avalanche from falling on Lebanon and so have a lot of people,” the US official said. “The problem is no one can rein in Biden, and if Biden has a policy, he’s the commander-in-chief ― we have to carry it out. That’s what it comes down to, very, very, very, unfortunately.”
According to another US official, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer are “hell-bent on seizing this moment to expand the war into southern Lebanon and deliver some mythical imagined death blow to Hezbollah.”
Although the United States dispatched Amos Hochstein, Biden’s Israeli-born energy envoy, in an effort to mediate a diplomatic resolution between Israel and Hezbollah, there has been no advancement thus far.
administration is formulating a response strategy for a “protracted regional conflict.” The Israeli offensive against Gaza is not limited to Lebanon; the United States and its allies have issued threats to target the Houthis in Yemen for their violations of commercial shipping connected to Israel in the Red Sea. Furthermore, the United States is already embroiled in a low-level conflict with Shia militias in Iraq and Syria, which has the potential to escalate significantly.
President Biden, rather than exerting pressure on Israel to cease its assault on Gaza and defuse tensions with Hezbollah, continues to offer Israel unwavering military and political support while opting for regional escalation. The officials who spoke with HuffPost reaffirmed that the Biden administration does not intend to impose any restrictions on Israeli military aid.
Ryan DeLarme is an American journalist navigating a labyrinth of political corruption, overreaching corporate influence, a burgeoning censorship-industrial complex, compromised media, and the planned destruction of our constitutional republic. He writes for Badlands Media and is also a Host and Founder at Vigilant News. Additionally, his writing has been featured in American Thinker, the Post-Liberal, Winter Watch, Underground Newswire, and Stillness in the Storm. He’s also writes for alt-media streaming platforms Dauntless Dialogue and Rise.tv. Ryan enjoys gardening, kung fu, creative writing and fighting to SAVE AMERICA
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