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Joe Biden’s critics say he undermined U.S. interests in the Middle East

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Joe Biden has left office, but the fight over meaning of his Middle East policies is only just beginning.

Biden ’s defenders argue that he left the incoming Trump administration with the strongest position in the region in decades .

Iran in particular has suffered humiliating losses over the past six months , mainly at the hands of the U.S.-backed Israel Defense Forces .

The Biden administration will not be remembered for injecting much fresh thinking into American foreign policy.

Almost all of Biden ’s senior aides were also senior aides to President Barack Obama .

A weakened Iran will seek solace and protection in the acquisition of nuclear weapons.

Trump might confound his more hawkish aides by reaching out to Iran in its moment of weakness.