Antony Blinken does victory lap on Biden-Harris' 'stronger' foreign policy same day Iran attacks Israel

Secretary of State Antony Blinken published an op-ed Tuesday touting the Biden-Harris administration's overseas argumentation record, stating they took drastic deviations from erstwhile President Trump, the aforesaid time Iran straight attacked Israel with hundreds of ballistic missiles. 

Iran launched astir 200 ballistic missiles towards targets successful Israel Tuesday evening section clip successful what the medication called a "signigicant escalation by Iran." The indiscriminate rocket occurrence were portion of the Shia regime's effect to Israel assassinating astir each of Hezbollah elder leadership, including long-time person Hassan Nasrallah. 

Hours earlier Iran's attack, Blinken's op-ed touted however Biden-Harris' "renewal" strategy post-Trump was moving and strengthening America's interests abroad. 

"The Biden administration’s strategy has enactment the United States successful a overmuch stronger geopolitical presumption contiguous than it was 4 years ago," Blinken said. 

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Blinken said the medication prioritized planetary practice and avoided making decisions overseas successful isolation. 

"From time one, President Biden and Vice President Harris made a foundational prime that successful a much competitory and combustible world, the United States cannot spell it alone. If America wants to support its information and make opportunities for its people, it indispensable basal with those who person a involvement successful a free, open, secure, and prosperous satellite and basal up to those who endanger that world," helium wrote. "President Biden and Vice President Harris pursued a strategy of renewal, pairing historical investments successful competitiveness astatine location with an intensive diplomatic run to revitalize partnerships abroad," helium said. "This twin-pillared strategy, they believed, was the champion mode to disabuse competitors of their assumptions that the United States was declining and diffident." 

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile strategy intercepts rockets, arsenic seen from Ashkelon, Israel, October 1, 2024. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)

Blinken besides stated the warfare successful Gaza is interconnected to Iran's maligned behavior. 

"Without an extremity to the warfare successful Gaza and a time-bound, credible way to statehood that addresses the Palestinians’ morganatic aspirations and Israel’s information needs, normalization cannot determination forward. But if these efforts succeed, normalization would articulation Israel to a determination information architecture, unlock economical opportunities crossed the region, and isolate Iran and its proxies," helium continued. "Glimmers of specified integration were connected show successful the conjugation of countries, including Arab states, that helped Israel support itself against an unprecedented nonstop onslaught from Iran successful April."

The State Department referred Fox News Digital to the department's briefing erstwhile asked for comment. 

House Republicans person described Biden-Harris overseas policy arsenic 1 aiming astatine "appeasement," peculiarly towards Iran.

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"Our adversaries are carrying retired progressively unsafe attacks due to the fact that of Biden and Harris' anemic and failed overseas policy," work a associated connection from House Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Majority Whip Tom Emmer and Chairwoman Elise Stefanik.

Rockets alert successful the sky, amid cross-border hostilities betwixt Hezbollah and Israel, arsenic seen from Tel Aviv, Israel, October 1, 2024.  (REUTERS/Ammar Awad)

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"Iran is again brazenly attacking Israel with a barrage of rocket occurrence and an evident coordinated violent attack. The satellite is watching arsenic Israeli families question information and structure arsenic waves of rocket attacks airy up the sky," 

Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned successful a connection released by Iranian authorities media that if Israel responds to the rocket barrage, "it volition look crushing attacks."

Fox News' Louis Casiano and Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.