President Joe Biden’s twofold policy of intercepting Iran’s attack on Israel and urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate makes for a troublesome combination, according to European officials and analysts worried about threats from Russia.

“I was super happy to see Western superiority against axis of evil technical capabilities,” a senior European official told the Washington Examiner. “That was a really, really good feeling. But I see our rhetoric and our — I mean, the West — deeds are not matching at all.”