The entire idea behind Iran’s proxy warfare is to have deniability so the regime can escape retribution and still position itself as the power broker that all must cater to. If the Iranians needed any reassurance that their strategy is working, they got it from Vice President Joe Biden on August 23.
In an address in Indiana to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Biden made the remarkably ignorant and damaging statement:
Iranian influence in Iraq is minimal. It’s been greatly exaggerated.
To prove his point, Biden said that Iran had spent over $100 million to influence the last Iraqi election, and “they utterly failed.” Biden is right that the election was a major defeat for Iran, and the regime has lost the war for the hearts and minds of the Iraqis, but Iran’s campaign is much more than a popularity contest.
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The man is an imbecile.
Agreed.