President Joe Biden and his congressional allies were very shocked when OPEC+ countries announced they would cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day, starting this November. Some lawmakers even propose punishing OPEC by pulling all U.S. military assets out of the Middle East (conveniently ignoring that those deployments are there to protect U.S. interests).
Clearly, Biden and his allies are frustrated that prices at the pump are going up weeks before national elections. But if anyone deserves punishment for our energy problems, it’s Biden and his green team, not governments in the Middle East. Biden has been throwing our Middle Eastern partners under the bus since he came into office, trying to resurrect a hopelessly flawed nuclear deal with Iran. It’s a deal that would give our friends’ archenemy, Iran, many billions of dollars while doing nothing to keep Tehran from getting a nuclear weapon.
