Diogenes-Light: Morning Jolt: The Regional War in the Mideast Is Already Here

WITH JIM GERAGHTY

April 15 2024

The Regional War in the Mideast Is Already Here

On the menu today: Despite what a lot of ominous voice-overs during B-roll will tell you, you don't have to worry about the Middle East spiraling into a regional war. You have to worry that the regional war is already there. The Biden administration desperately wants Israel to declare victory and the conflict to be resolved, which is akin to its belief that the Ukrainians should win the war, but not using any method that might damage Russian oil refineries or roil the world oil markets. Joe Biden is always telling his friends to hold back, at least internationally.

Biden’s Ineffectiveness on the World Stage

On Sunday's edition of Face the Nation, CBS News correspondent Debora Patta declared of this weekend's Iranian attack against Israel, "It is the scenario everyone has feared since the October 7 Hamas attack: a state-to-state confrontation that could spiral into a regional war."

Spiral into a regional war?

By the Israelis' count, Iran, along with proxies based in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, fired 170 ...

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