Representative Brian Mast (R-FL) questioned the Biden administration’s Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Dr. Bonnie Jenkins concerning her ideas of nation-building in a hypothetical Palestinian state.
The United States has had mixed results in the field of nation-building. Following WWII, the United States helped rebuild Europe and facilitated the quick rebirth of Japan by turning it into a democracy.
However, in recent years, the United States has attempted to bring similar efforts to the Middle East but to no avail.
With this in mind, Rep. Mast questioned Dr. Jenkins’ thought process during a Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the leadership of the hypothetical Palestinian state.
At the beginning of Dr. Jenkins’ appearance, she mentioned that the Biden administration is “committed to enforcing the establishment of the State of Palestine” according to Rep. Mast’s blog post.
“Now, Dr. Jenkins is not just any other Biden official - she is in charge of arms control for the Biden Administration. So, I would think she would have analyzed the situation objectively before stating such a radical policy objective,” said Rep. Mast. “So, my question to her was simple: Did you assess who would lead this nation before you announced the policy? The answer was… well, why don’t you take a look at it yourself. This just shows how little planning happens before the Biden Administration announces a policy. They are driven 100% by political security rather than national security.”
Mast concluded, “As the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee for Oversight and Accountability, I will continue to call the Biden Administration out for its foolish decisions that are based on NO objective, NO assessment and NO logic.”
Earlier in the week, the Florida congressman appeared on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America” program on Sunday to discuss the foreign policy strategies of President Joe Biden (D) and his administration.
Mast was asked about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comments stating that he would prefer a second Biden term as he is “more experienced and predictable.”
The U.S. House representative from the Sunshine State agreed with Putin’s characterization of the President.
“Joe Biden is a book that you can open up, any foreign intelligence agency can open up, read it. The writing is really big for his book and there’s probably a lot of pictures in his book, and there’s nothing that it takes for foreign intelligence to assess what it is that he wants to do,” said Mast.
He would go on to praise the unpredictability of former President Donald Trump (R) and his ability to “bluff” when necessary.
“For Donald Trump, whether it was domestic policy or foreign policy, no foreign adversary knew whether he was bluffing or whether he was serious whether he was going to do what he said or not. They could not gauge his moves. That was the most powerful thing that we could do on foreign policy,” said Mast.
The Florida congressman represents Florida’s 21st District.
