Making More Sense

(Making More Sense)

It was reported that President Biden was in effect cancelling a large Liquid Natural Gas terminal in Louisiana. At first blush, one could attribute the decision to Biden's general war on fossil fuels. The truth is somewhat more complex and more troubling. The cancellation had been based on "influencers" from Tic Tok.

In a way, the loss of the LNG terminal makes sense. Tik Tok is controlled by China and has millions of users, like Minions from the Despicable Me movies. By having an American President not proceed with an energy project because of what was seen on the platform, works to Chinese interest.

Biden has to know that. The question is does he care ?  The Tik Tok cadre in question are largely the young and excessively naïve type and are not generally aware of Beijing's influence, speaking of influencers, who are as green as Biden, who is playing into China's hands.

And now Iran ? Three U.S. Service Members were killed in Jordan the other day, again by a Tehran based proxy. So far, Americans in theater have only been wounded and some Houthi missiles get intercepted. But now that Americans have died ? The President has promised a response but in Biden's case, that is empty rhetoric.

That being said, will Biden still keep his overall policy of appeasement ? Iran reportedly now has enough enriched fissile material for six devices. Is that not the nightmare scenario ? A terror state with nuclear weapons ? And an American President not willing to confront the Islamic Republic more directly ?

The President can only engage in non-decisive action for only a short time. A threshold has been reached when throwing a cruise missile into a tent is no longer sufficient but Biden cannot escalate to a more direct confrontation with Iran. For the first time in history, American service people in harms' way are considered collateral damage.