President Joe Taliban Biden.

President Biden has made an armed attack in Syria claiming to have targeted alleged Iranian-backed militia, Kataib Hezbollah, and other affiliated groups. Fact: resorting to an armed attack on a sovereign nation is allowed only when that country makes an armed attack against the defending country. Fact: Syria did not make an armed attack against the United States nor was there an imminent Syrian attack directed against US territory. Fact: the American attack violated international law. Furthermore, in case Biden needs a reminder: Article 2(4) of the UN Charter unequivocally forbids nations from using threat or force against each other.

When Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, the Europeans told the Iranians they would be unable to provide Iran relief from US sanctions. President Trump had secretly threatened Europe that if it did not trigger the mechanism for imposing snapback sanctions on Iran, it would see a 25% tariff imposed on European automobiles. A European official said, 'We didn't want to look weak, so we agreed to keep the existence of the threat a secret.'

The Europeans had decided to push Iran off the cliff to save their own skin. They had decided they were better off selling their BMWs and Bentleys in the US market than to do this otherworldly thing called justice. And in case we missed the timeline, Europe was then lecturing Pakistan and China about protecting human rights and religious freedoms. What a joke! Given this Biden was convinced that making a U-turn back into the deal wouldn't be an easy sell in Tehran. So, he did what battle hardened warriors have always done: he made an armed attack to send a signal. Last time I checked, making violent attacks against a government before joining them for talks at the table was the modus operandi of the Taliban. Imran Khan was labelled Taliban Khan for his advocacy of talking to the Taliban to settle the war. I believe borrowing Taliban's tactics should earn...