Opinion | Biden, Deterrence and Iran

An unfortunate reality of the Biden Presidency has been the failure of deterrence since the chaotic retreat from Afghanistan. White House warnings didn’t deter Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine, and they haven’t stopped Iran’s proxies from attacking U.S. forces or facilities some 83 times. Now we’ll see if U.S. warnings deter Iran from unleashing Hezbollah and other proxies from opening a second or third front against Israel.