OUR WORST FEARS – AT 11:06 P.M. ET:  When Joe Biden was elected, many feared that he would return us to the colossal foreign-policy failures of Barack Obama, whom Biden served as vice president.  As the list of Biden's appointments started to grow, those fears deepened.  We watched as Obama named to his administration virtually the entire Obama team responsible for the horrible Iran nuclear agreement.  Biden made a major speech today about his foreign policy, and it was like turning back every clock in the house.  From The Times of Israel: 

US President Joe Biden said Friday it was imperative that the United States work with other leading global powers to curb Iran’s “destabilizing” ambitions.

Yeah, they've certainly been helpful before.

Addressing the Munich Security Conference, Biden said his administration was “prepared to reengage in negotiations” with the UN Security Council on Tehran’s nuclear program.

Iran should have been forced to make concessions to get us to reengage.  Instead, we just jumped back in, and, normal for the Obama crowd, we got nothing.

“We must address Iran’s destabilizing activities across the Middle East,” Biden said. “We will work with our European and other partners as we proceed.”

We sense their enthusiasm.  They'll never give up those Iranian contracts.

Biden’s administration had said Thursday it was ready to join talks with Iran and world powers to discuss a return to the 2015 nuclear deal. Iran has demanded that the US lift sanctions before it returns to talks. It has also rejected discussing other issues, such as its regional activities.

Biden was making his first big appearance on the global stage as president, offering allies and other foreign leaders a glimpse into his plans to dramatically reshape US foreign policy even as he deals with a number of international crises that are coming to a head.

Reshape in Bidenland means going back to the losing ways of the foreign-policy establishment.  Biden's record on foreign policy in the US Senate was notably mediocre.  I don't recall him ever being right.

In advance of Biden’s virtual appearances at a G-7 meeting and the Munich Security Conference, the White House sought to underscore that the new administration will move quickly to reorient the US away from Donald Trump’s “America First” mantra by announcing major reversals of Trump administration policies.

COMMENT:  Yeah, America Last is much more attractive to the leftist crowd.  There was not a single major foreign-policy victory during the Obama years.  And America continued to write checks to "allies" who didn't need them.  No wonder they're smiling today. 

February 19,  2021