It’s not enough to say that America is no longer a reliable ally to any of our strategic friends. Through a combination of the Biden-Harris administration’s negligence, stupidity, and wholly unrealistic view of the world, we’ve become a tragic imitation of an ally. Negligence? It’s proven redundantly by the Defense Department Inspector Generals’ report on our recent shipment of military gear and ammunition to Taiwan. Let’s remember that Taiwan — the Republic of China — is our principal source of many of the highest-technologically sophisticated microprocessor chips and is threatened daily by China, which claims it to be a renegade province. You would expect some condemnation of the attack on Netanyahu’s home from the White House, but there was none. Neither Biden nor Harris said a word. We need to remember at this point that our “One China” policy was one of the worst achievements of the Jimmy Carter administration. We allowed mainland China to be that “one China,” ending our diplomatic relations with Taiwan and letting Communist China replace it on the world stage. The DoD IG report, dated September 12, said that we had sent Taiwan a big shipment of equipment and ammunition. The problem is that the ammunition is expired like sour milk. Other supplies we sent were similar. Among them were tactical vests that were so moldy as to be unusable. That’s a clear message to the Taiwanese: get lost, we don’t care about what happens to you. These supplies were sent at the same time China was threatening Taiwan by flying combat aircraft all around it and sending hundreds of combat ships into and around the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan wants to remain a democracy and we’re not supporting it. It’s entirely possible that our ammunition supplies and other equipment are so depleted by aid to Ukraine that we couldn’t send anything the Taiwanese need. But if that’s true, we should have sent them nothing and increased production so that we can meet their needs. Instead, Biden has announced another $400 million in aid to Ukraine. We should not oppose that aid, but recognizing that Ukrainian President Zelensky’s “victory plan” only calls for more aid and an invitation to join NATO, his plans — and ours — badly need revision. Blinken’s Bungling of the Middle East And then there’s Israel. About ten days ago, an Hizballah — or Iranian — drone attack was made against the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It was clearly an attempt to assassinate him. Fortunately, it failed because he and his wife weren’t at home when the drone hit. You would expect some condemnation of the attack on Netanyahu’s home from the White House, but there was none. Neither Biden nor Harris said a word. We should remember that Iran regards us as “the Great Satan” and Israel as the “Little Satan.” Iran has taken many American lives by terrorism. In short, the Israelis are fighting a war against our enemies, not just theirs. It’s long past time for Biden/Harris to recognize that fact but, again, electoral politics stands in the way. They continue to fret over the Muslim vote in Michigan and elsewhere, which is why they always fail to condemn Hizballah, Iran, and Hamas. For sheer stupidity and a bizarre worldview, it’s impossible to top our chief diplomat, Secretary of State Antony Blinken. On his eleventh trip to Israel and the region since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, Blinken again urged Israeli cease-fire agreements in the Gaza war and in Israel’s attack on Hizballah forces and arms depots in Lebanon. Hizballah — with its near-constant rain of missiles on Israeli civilians — began that fight decades ago. This time, Blinken generously said that a cease-fire would be predicated on disarming Hizballah. Hizballah launched missiles at Tel Aviv while Blinken was there demanding cease-fires. That is so preposterous an idea that the ayatollahs and their Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps must have had a good laugh. That statement by Blinken pretty much sums up his understanding of the world: he has none. Hizballah, like Hamas and the Houthis in Yemen, are armed, funded, and ideologically supported by Iran. The Iranians cannot be talked out of it by Blinken or anyone else. The least Blinken could have done is to demand the return of the hostages Hamas took in 2023 but he didn’t even do that. Included among the approximately 240 hostages taken were at least seven U.S. citizens, three of whom are believed to still be alive. About 100 Israeli hostages may be alive. The others have been murdered by Hamas while in captivity. Biden, Harris, and Blinken have done precisely nothing to obtain the return of any of the hostages. And then there’s NATO. As I have written elsewhere, NATO’s members — supposedly unified in support of Ukraine — are divided and arguing among themselves. The only way Ms. Harris could unite them is around Biden’s policy of appeasement of their enemies. Under the Biden-Harris regime, American leadership has faded to insignificance and with it our ability to influence world affairs. As this column has also pointed out, diplomacy only works when military force is a serious threat to our enemies, the “mailed fist inside the velvet glove.” Biden and Harris don’t understand that. Neither does Blinken or National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, their principal advisers. Harris Neglects the Border For Harris and Biden, America’s national security is secondary to electoral politics. Harris promises falsely to improve border security despite the facts of her beliefs. Don’t forget that Bernie Sanders, asked about her supposed policy changes, said that she’s only saying what’s necessary to get elected. The fact that our open borders have admitted — purportedly legally — about 600 members of the hyper-violent Tren de Aragua Venezuelan gang proves — again redundantly — the falsity of her promises. The best the Department of Homeland Security has done so far is to identify the 600 with “possible connections” to that gang and place about 100 of them on a watch list. This is after, as Fox News reported, that gang members had passed DHS screening after their gang tattoos had been spotted by the Border Patrol. Why aren’t the gang members being deported immediately? In all probability because DHS has no idea where they are. They could look, for example, in Aurora, Colorado where the gang had recently taken control of apartment buildings. Like him or not, former President Trump is the only candidate who would even try to restore our influence around the world, secure our border, and begin to rebuild our military. He understands that the key to American national security is American prosperity. Granted that it’s a low bar to hurdle, he would do a vastly better job than a Harris administration would ever conceive of. The post What Great Allies We Are appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.