After Iran launched a "retaliatory attack" against Israel on the night of April 13, Israel did not choose to respond immediately. This is not only because Iran's more than 300 long-range strikes have not caused any substantial harm to Israel, but even in advance, it is clearly a momentum and a warning to remind Israel that "I will retaliate in the next few days", and it is more like a "missile and drone attack show" that has attracted global attention.
It is also because Biden urged Israel to "calm down" - Israel said on Sunday that Israel was mediated by the US government.
Although Israel did not name names, the huge contradiction between Israel and Iran, and the person who can make mediation decisions in the United States must be the current US President Joe Biden.
As for Biden's mediation of the conflict between Israel and Iran, which cooled down the regional situation, American public opinion generally did not buy it.
It's not just because of the bombs in the Iranian diplomatic buildings that were destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, but probably because of the U.S. military aid allocation to Israel.
Iran's military spending on more than 300 missiles and drones attacking Israel also comes from the $6 billion that the United States previously thawed -- this money is naturally not from American taxpayers, but most of Iran's missile and drone attacks are intercepted by the US military, and the money for intercepting weapons is naturally Americans' taxes.
Therefore, many Americans are speechless and say that Israel and Iran are engaged in a conflict, but the Americans have to pay the biggest bill.
Of course, more importantly, Americans do not agree with Biden's mediation.
Although the direct cause of this conflict between Israel and Iran is that Israeli air strikes blew up Iranian diplomatic buildings, resulting in the death of senior officials of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
However, due to Iran's "aggression and attack" on US diplomatic personnel and facilities, in the eyes of the Americans, Israel's attack on Iran's diplomatic premises was completely an attempt to "anger the Americans."
In 1979, after the Islamic Revolution, radical Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran and took about 52 Americans hostage, in what became known as the "Iran Hostage Crisis".
The Iranian-backed Allah party of Lebanon is accused of bombing the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon's capital, in 1983, killing 63 people.
In addition to the two cases mentioned above, in 1983, the Multinational Force camp in Lebanon was attacked by Allah, in which the United States military camp was given priority care, resulting in the deaths of 220 United States Marines, 18 United States Navy sailors and three United States Army soldiers.
Among the three incidents, the most influential was the "Iran hostage crisis", which directly led to the defeat of the "good president" Carter in the 1980 election.
Therefore, after Biden was exposed by Israel to "interfere in mediation", American netizens were very indignant.
"Well, how many Americans do you think Iran is not going to attack Israel again, and how much money is Biden going to give Iran to stop attacking?"
"I sincerely hope that Republicans (voters) will be patient and not speak out about appeasement. Keep in mind that the Biden administration has done everything in its power to oppose the United States. Our oil reserves are absolutely at the lowest level, which makes our ability to participate in wars and win extremely challenging. There's more to it, and I sincerely don't believe that the current administration will take care of us, the American citizens. ”
"None of that matters. Because the Biden administration will never take any direct action against Iran's military power or industrial centers. The potential threat of Iran will never be defeated. Even if an American loses his life, the only retaliation will be against Iranian-sponsored proxies. As a nation, we have the power to strike Iran, but our leaders have weakened our military deterrent. Therefore, under the leadership of the Biden administration, Iran cannot be provoked. ”
"It's time to give Iran a lesson that they will not forget. Destroying their ports, refineries, and the ability to transport petroleum products will cost them years to come. There is no doubt that this will cause pain to the world economy, but it will not be worse than the impact Biden has on our economy. ”
The American public's hostility toward Iran is far more aggressive than its stance toward Russia. Because Russia did not directly hurt the Americans, the last time Russia posed a direct threat to the United States was back in the Cold War and even the Cuban Missile Crisis.
In contrast, Iran and its proxies have repeatedly killed Americans and even attacked U.S. embassies, much to the pain of the general American public.
The reason why Biden chose to mediate the conflict between Israel and Iran is that he no longer hopes that the situation in the Middle East that has finally cooled down after the "Gaza War" will once again heat up the regional situation because of this wave of conflicts.
Inside, because the Democratic Party is far left, because of the "pro-Palestine" left-wing movement, is putting pressure on Biden and does not want the White House to continue to support Israel.
But the real core is because 2024 is an election year, and although there are only three million Muslim voters, a significant number of them are distributed in five battlefield states.
Although the current state of the American economy is terrible, Muslim voters are far from a key position in the battlefield states, and even Biden has not responded to the demand of the American Muslim community to "stop supporting Israel".
For the White House, the situation in the 2024 election is so uncertain that it would be good to dig up one more ballot.
What's more, the "anti-Israel" Democratic voters are not just Muslim Americans. This shows how unpopular Israel and Jews are among progressive voters in the United States, from New York University to Harvard University to Pennsylvania.
Cooling down the situation in the Middle East and making "support for Israel" no longer a lever for the "pro-Palestinian movement" in the United States to attack him is a key step for Biden to avoid being "roasted by fire" in American public opinion.
The disconnect between Biden's appeasement stance toward Iran and the anger of American public opinion also means a huge split in American society.
As a global empire, social consensus cannot be formed on foreign issues, and the decline of the United States under democratic politics seems inevitable.
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