National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan praised President Biden’s “disciplined approach” to foreign policy that “reduces the risk of a new Middle East conflict” in the magazine’s essay section — which has been helpfully redacted from the online version.
Sullivan’s flawed analysis, however, remained in the print version of his Foreign Affairs magazine article, published five days before Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on October 7, killing more than a thousand people.
“Before this article was published online, the quotations in it about the Middle East were updated to address the Hamas attack on Israel, which occurred after the print version of the article went to press,” the editor notes at the bottom of the online version. Sullivan’s piece sounded.
There were several out-of-date claims in the printed version of Sullivan’s 29-page essay that Biden administration officials were allowed to review before it was posted online.
Foreign Affairs attached a PDF version of Sullivan’s original writing at the end of its editor’s note.
An editor’s note on Sullivan’s piece explains that “one passage in it about the Middle East has been updated to address the Hamas attack on Israel, which occurred after the print version of the article went to press.” ZUMAPRESS.com
“The Israeli-Palestinian situation is tense, especially in the West Bank, but in the face of serious friction, we have defused the crisis in Gaza and restored direct diplomacy between the parties after years of absence,” Sullivan wrote in a statement. edited from an online article.
When Biden, 80, assumed the presidency, “US troops were regularly attacked in Iraq and Syria,” Sullivan wrote in the print version, later adding, “Such attacks, at least for now, have largely ceased.”
At least two dozen US military personnel based in Iraq and Syria were injured in drone strikes just last week that officials say were launched by Iran-backed proxy groups.
The Pentagon said the group behind the attack was backed by Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and there was likely to be a significant increase in the near future of US troops and personnel in the region following Israel’s declaration of war on Hamas.
Sullivan wrote that when Biden took office, “US troops were regularly attacked in Iraq and Syria … Such attacks, at least for now, have largely stopped.” AFP via Getty Images
“Indeed, although the Middle East remains plagued by perennial challenges, the region is calmer than it has been in decades,” Sullivan wrote in another section removed from the online version.
“Progress is fragile, for sure. But it wasn’t an accident either. At a meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last year, the president laid out his policy for the Middle East in his address to the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan. His approach restores discipline to US policy. It emphasizes deterring aggression, reducing conflict, and integrating the region through joint infrastructure projects and new partnerships, including between Israel and its Arab neighbors. And it paid off,” he added.
In a redacted online article, Sullivan described Biden’s efforts in the region and noted, “There has been material progress” in the Middle East, suggesting that progress may have been undone by Hamas attacks and Israel’s subsequent declaration of war.
White House officials have argued that the president’s approach to the region will not change drastically despite the recent attacks on the Jewish state.
“The October 7 attack has cast a shadow over the entire regional picture, the effects of which are still felt, including the risk of significant regional escalation,” Sullivan wrote. “But the disciplined approach in the Middle East that we have taken remains central to our posture and planning as we deal with this crisis.”
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