<p>One week before <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hamas">Hamas</a> launched a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-israel-declares-state-of-war-as-palestinian-terrorists-launch-massive-surprise-attack-on-jewish-holiday">surprise attack</a> in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel">Israel</a>, a top aide to President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> touted a relative calm in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/middle-east">Middle East</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Middle East region is quieter today than it has been in two decades,&#8221; said U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/10/israel-war-middle-east-jake-sullivan/675580/">according to The Atlantic</a>. He went on to stress that &#8220;challenges remain,&#8221; citing Iran&#8217;s nuclear weapons program and &#8220;tensions&#8221; between Israel and the Palestinians, but added, &#8220;the amount of time I have to spend on crisis and conflict in the Middle East today compared to any of my predecessors going back to 9/11 is significantly reduced.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sullivan, a former Obama administration official, was speaking <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/10/israel-war-middle-east-jake-sullivan/675580/">at The Atlantic Festival.</a> He had just talked about how the larger region had reached a semblance of peace after the Biden team &#8220;walked into&#8221; a chaotic situation dating back to the prior administration.</p>
<p>&#8220;And what we said is we want to depressurize, deescalate, and ultimately integrate the Middle East region,&#8221; Sullivan said, as seen in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-qxXlHDDB0">a video of the remarks</a>. &#8220;The war in Yemen is in its 19th month of truce. For now, the Iranian attacks against U.S. forces have stopped. Our presence in Iraq is stable. I emphasize <em>for now</em> because all of that can change.&#8221;</p>
<p>In the 24 hours since Hamas began its attack on Saturday and Israeli Defense Forces struck back, officials have estimated <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/israel-gaza-hamas/?id=103804516">hundreds of people</a> have died and thousands are wounded in Israel and Gaza. Israel has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-israel-declares-state-of-war-as-palestinian-terrorists-launch-massive-surprise-attack-on-jewish-holiday">declared</a> a &#8220;state of war&#8221; while <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hamass-gaza-commander-deif-urges-israeli-arabs-neighboring-states-to-join-attack/">Hamas has called for broader &#8220;Islamic resistance.&#8221;</a></p>
<p>With the conflict escalating, clips of Sullivan&#8217;s comments gained traction on social media, leading to a torrent of criticism of him and the Biden administration that included references to controversies stemming from the deadly Benghazi embassy attack in 2012 and the 2016 presidential election.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (last week): &quot;The Middle East region is quieter today than it has been in two decades&quot; <a href="https://t.co/59MYUXhmHf">pic.twitter.com/59MYUXhmHf</a></p>
<p>&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1710747691024879691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Jake Sullivan, the former Clinton aide who participated [in both the] Benghazi and Russia hoaxes, is one of those responsible for the worst foreign policy debacles and scandals in American history,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1710782759227011572">said</a> Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, alluding to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.</p>
<p>&#8220;This man, a leader of the Russia collusion hoax and other damaging information operations, is a liar and a fraud. And the proof of his claim is in the eating of the pudding. He is a liar. More attention should be paid to him,&#8221; <a href="https://thefederalist.com/author/mzhemingway/">said</a> The Federalist Editor-In-Chief Mollie Hemingway.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are less safe with this Biden team,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1710782558504653270">said</a> Richard Grenell, who served as an ambassador and acting director of national intelligence during the Trump administration. Edward Wong, a diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times, <a href="https://twitter.com/ewong/status/1710767929157902715">said</a>, &#8220;US intelligence failure on Israel-Gaza.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Biden administration is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-prediction-about-biden-handing-iran-6b-goes-viral-after-hamas-attack">additionally facing intense scrutiny</a> over a recent <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/americans-freed-prisoner-swap-iran-rcna105433">$6 billion agreement</a> with Iran that secured the release of five American prisoners. Officials with the Biden administration <a href="https://twitter.com/StateDeptSpox/status/1710717451749535787">pushed back on any suggestion</a> that the unlocked funds were tied to the attack in Israel, insisting the money could only be used for humanitarian purposes.</p>
<p>Biden, in a statement to social media, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-offers-unwavering-commitment-to-israel-after-iran-backed-hamas-invades-country">said</a> he spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “reiterated [his] unwavering commitment to Israel’s security.&#8221;</p>

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