The Biden Administration Has Failed to Prevent a Regional War

Save lives. Ceasefire Now!

Last Updated on October 10, 2024.

WashingtonWin Without War Executive Director, Sara Haghdoosti, released the following statement:

“With people across the region and the world fearing the Israeli government’s pledged reprisal attacks on Iran, the Biden administration appears both in the dark and in denial about how much worse the current wars in the Middle East could get. 

“This week, even as U.S. government spokespeople have doubled down on supporting an Israeli government counter strike against the Iranian government’s recent missile barrage, reports consistently suggest that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government is refusing to coordinate its response with its U.S. allies. Rather than express public concern at this breakdown in communication, U.S. officials have instead reportedly been discussing launching direct strikes against Iran, alongside an Israeli strike. After a year of death and destruction in the region, we desperately need leadership toward de-escalation. 

“As Palestinians in northern Gaza are displaced by yet another IDF offensive while still contending with a humanitarian crisis, as thousands of people flee Lebanon, as Iranian families wonder whether their cities and towns will be bombed, as children in Syria are killed by the IDF — likely with U.S.-made bombs — and as Israeli civilians continue to flee to shelters and hostages still languish, it’s time to admit that a regional war is here. 

“Right now, tens of thousands of U.S. troops stationed across the Middle East are also in acute danger — and the risk the United States is drawn further and more directly into this war are terrifyingly high. 

“Unless the Biden Administration changes course immediately, the likelihood we see even more violence, more displacement, and tens –- if not hundreds – of thousands more lives lost in this conflict will only spike.”

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October 10, 2024