{"id":58024,"date":"2025-01-15T13:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T18:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=58024"},"modified":"2025-01-15T13:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T18:04:07","slug":"the-mess-the-biden-administration-is-leaving-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=58024","title":{"rendered":"The Mess The Biden Administration Is Leaving Behind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peace in the Middle East has always been elusive. However, we came very close to achieving it during the first Trump administration. Because of the damage done by the Biden administration, it may be more difficult during the second Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/iranian-army-takes-delivery-of-1000-drones-promises-deadly-blows-to-the-enemy-5790924?utm_source=goodeveningnoe&amp;src_src=goodeveningnoe&amp;utm_campaign=gv-2025-01-13&amp;src_cmp=gv-2025-01-13&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAc%2BssfQcbwM%2FP66EPsGtAK7hz3UZAJCYDrG1FXhv9dXBGBhrhp5UMQA%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Epoch Times<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Iranian Army says it has taken delivery of 1,000 new drones equipped with stealth capabilities and designed to target enemy fortifications.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Ababil-4 and Ababil-5 drones, which were designed by the Iranian defence ministry, were delivered to various locations throughout Iran, according to the semi-official <a class=\"article-hover-class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/en\/news\/2025\/01\/13\/3237332\/iran-army-adds-1-000-high-tech-drones-to-combat-fleet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tasnim<\/a> news agency.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Tasnim said the weapons were formally handed over to the armed forces on Jan. 13, at a ceremony attended by Iranian Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi and Defence Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>&#8230;Tasnim said the Iranian Army had also received Arash drones, which it said can carry out so-called suicide missions at long range and with \u201cpinpoint accuracy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>In the past 15 months, Iran has also supplied drones and drone technology to its allies in the so-called <a class=\"article-hover-class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/backed-by-iran-axis-of-resistance-terror-groups-target-israel-5742474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">axis of resistance<\/a>, the terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthi terrorist group in Yemen.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On December 11, 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/11\/us-news\/biden-admin-renewed-10-billion-iran-sanctions-waiver-two-days-after-election-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Post<\/a> reported:<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Biden administration quietly extended a sanctions waiver that will <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/03\/us-news\/trump-fbi-pick-kash-patel-targeted-by-iranian-hackers-report\/\">grant Iran access<\/a> to roughly $10 billion from Iraq two days after President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s Election Day victory.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The controversial waiver, which has been <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/15\/news\/biden-admin-renews-sanctions-waiver-giving-iran-access-to-10-billion-from-iraq\/\">repeatedly extended<\/a> by Secretary of State Antony Blinken despite strong <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/14\/us-news\/white-house-ripped-over-sanctions-waiver-that-critics-say-put-billions-of-dollars-in-irans-hands\/\">opposition from congressional Republicans<\/a>, allows the Iranian regime access to funds from Iraq in exchange for electricity purchases.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cOn November 7th, the [State Department] did renew Iraq\u2019s electricity waiver for the 23rd time since 2018,\u201d State Department spokesman Vedant Patel confirmed last week.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cIt was done so for an additional 120 days,\u201d Patel noted \u2013 a time frame that will overlap with the early months of Trump\u2019s second term in office.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why are we indirectly arming a country that has stated it wants to destroy us?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peace in the Middle East has always been elusive. However, we came very close to achieving it during the first Trump administration. 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