Joe Biden: I will use violence to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon

Joe Biden: I will use violence to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon

Joe Biden said that on the opening day of his first trip to the Middle East as US President, he would use military violence against Iran to prevent its regime from acquiring nuclear weapons.

he rejected Tehran's demand to delete his Corps of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) of Washington's list of foreign terrorist organizations, even if this was destroying his hopes for an nuclear agreement with Iran.

In an interview with the Israeli broadcaster N12 On Wednesday evening, Mr. Biden was asked whether he was ready to use violence to prevent the acquisition of nuclear weapons from Iran.

"If that was the last way out, yes," he replied. "Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon."

Mr. Biden, however, said that he was still determined to revive the nuclear deal with Iran from 2018, although the hopes for an agreement in Washington will disappear, since the Islamic regime made rapid progress in the development of its nuclear program.

"The only thing that is worse than Iran, which now exists, is an Iran with nuclear weapons," said Biden.

The comments came at the beginning of a high-ranking visit to the Middle East for Mr. Biden, who was dominated by politically dangerous efforts to stop the nuclear ambitions of Iran, to confirm the support for a two-state solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to accelerate Saudi Arabia's oil production.

Mr. Biden hopes that the trip will strengthen his efforts to reverse its domestic approval rates, which have remained terribly low in view of increasing gas prices.

relationship between the USA and Israel "deeper than the bones"

The US leader opened his visit to the region with the explanation that the relationship between the USA and Israel was "deeper than the bones" when he arrived in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

he also confirmed the wish of the United States that has been stalled since 2014 after negotiations on the Palestinian independence in the area occupied by Israel and called this two-state solution "The Best Hope".

Israel and the United States were temporarily shared by the Iranian nuclear diplomacy and the prospects for a Palestinian self -state.

But in a welcoming speech, Yair Lapid, the Israeli Prime Minister, called Mr. Biden "one of the best friends that Israel has ever known".



The White House had previously said that Mr. Biden would avoid shaking foreign guides during his trip to protect the 79-year-old in the middle of increasing covid 19 cases.

Mr. Biden wore his characteristic pilot glasses and initially distributed pilgrimages when he descended from the Air Force One.

But soon he threw all caution in the wind, put an arm around Mr. Lapid and shook Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's former prime minister, the hand.

The President then posed for a photo on the roller field of the Ben Gurion Airport with Israeli guides before participating in a briefing about Israeli air defense systems.

The tactile greetings from Mr. Biden will make the efforts of the White House difficult to avoid a handshake between Mr. Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, from which the USA concluded that he has killed a journalist of the Washington Post.

Mr. Biden hopes that his visit to the kingdom will encourage it to increase oil production and thus reduce prices for Americans on the pump.

Behnam Ben Taleblu, an Iran analyst at the Hawkian Foundation for Defense of Democracies based in Washington, said Mr. Bidens' commitment to use military violence in order to contain the nuclear ambitions of Iran, be "remarkable and a declarative premiere".

he added: "But it could bump into pigeon ears if one compares the lack of willingness to exert non-kinetic pressure on Tehran at a year and a half years."

"Democrats want me to run again"

Under the pressure in his own country, the President rejected surveys that showed his bleeding support and tries to highlight the number of employment and other strong indicators of the US economy.

Mr. Biden insisted that the Democrats “want” to seek a re -election when he was asked about a survey, which showed that 64 percent of democratic voters would prefer a new leader for the 2024 elections.

"You want me to run," said Biden. He added: "This survey showed that 92 percent of the Democrats would vote for me if I was running."

Mr. Biden failed to mention that the figure in the Nyt/Siena College was one of the Democrats who chose between him and Donald Trump.

The survey offered a certain consolation, since the voters said in the whole country that he would beat Mr. Trump by 44 to 41 percent in a possible remiery in 2024.

It came when Mr. Biden's approval rate in a survey by Reuters IPSOS on Wednesday of his record low of 36 percent in the previous week.

"Read the surveys. Read the surveys", Mr. Biden insulted a reporter of the White House and added: "You are all the same."

The US President distracted from the more alarming numbers of the NYT survey, which showed that only 26 percent of the Democrats were of the opinion that Mr. Biden should be the party's candidate.

Mr. Biden, who is the oldest president in American history at the age of 79, has repeatedly stated that he intends to run in 2024 if it allows his health.

his allies argue that he remains the best hope of the Democrats to keep Mr. Trump away from the White House, since it is speculated that the Republican will announce a presidential offer within weeks.

Source: The Telegraph