US President Joe Biden had the opportunity to leave a positive impact on America and the world. Unfortunately he was not made of the same stuff as Jimmy Carter.
As the clock runs down on Biden’s presidency, independent analysis has emerged to examine his record of office, his achievements and failures.
One way of assessing Biden’s impact is through American feedback following his attempt to run for another term of office. He was rejected by large segments of the American citizenry as unworthy of being reelected.
This judgement was not only because of his cognitive decline visible to all, including the most die-hard Democratic party supporters.
It was also because of his failure to build a better future for Americans which, in turn, could have had positive ripple effects on the rest of the world.
What Biden will be most remembered for by non-Americans around the world is his handling of the war in Gaza.
In Gaza. and its spillover war in Lebanon, a largely innocent population continues to be subject to the horrors of war beyond anyone’s imagination. Journalists, doctors and nurses, United Nations and neutral NGO workers and volunteers have also been victims of Israel’s killing spree, leading UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk to say in a statement that “this unprecedented level of killing, and injury of civilians is a direct consequence of the failure to comply with fundamental principles of international humanitarian law”.
Biden and his Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, have not only been complicit in the illegal and genocidal war in Gaza by providing Israel with unconditional diplomatic and military support........