The ranking member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee put out a statement naming U.S. President Joe Biden’s decisions since the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7 as aiding Iran and its proxy in the Gaza Strip.
“The Biden-Harris administration has consistently pursued policies that embolden America’s adversaries and undercut our allies—no one should be surprised that we’re bracing ourselves for an Iranian attack against Israel,” Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) stated on Wednesday.
Risch said Biden had “restricted Israel’s right to defend itself from the start” and “undercut the Israelis during their greatest time of need.”
Pointing to the decision to withhold the sale of 2,000-pound bombs, the senator called the arms “absolutely necessary in the event of a wider war with Hezbollah.” He warned that the effect of the policy sends “the signal to our allies and adversaries that America will not stand by our partners during their greatest need.”
To explain the Biden administration’s decisions, Risch accused the president of trying to appease “the progressive left.”
He concluded by stating that “President Biden and Vice President Harris have created an atmosphere in which Iran can act with impunity.”
