Former Biden Staffer Says Kamala Harris Wouldn’t Have Had ‘Courage’ to Strike Iran

Always in His Presence · Jun 24, 2025

Former Biden Staffer Says Kamala Harris Wouldn’t Have Had ‘Courage’ to Strike Iran

Jamie Metzl may have voted for then-Vice President Kamala Harris when she ran for president, but has since said the Democratic candidate would not have had “the courage” to launch strikes against Iran.

Metzl, a former Democratic staffer, praised President Donald Trump for launching strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday. Metzl was on the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton and was deputy staff director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee under then-Chairman Joe Biden

GoldenBoy89 · Jun 24, 2025

Metzl huh.

Pommer · Jun 24, 2025

Always in His Presence said:
Former Biden Staffer Says Kamala Harris Wouldn’t Have Had ‘Courage’ to Strike Iran

Jamie Metzl may have voted for then-Vice President Kamala Harris when she ran for president, but has since said the Democratic candidate would not have had “the courage” to launch strikes against Iran.

Metzl, a former Democratic staffer, praised President Donald Trump for launching strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday. Metzl was on the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton and was deputy staff director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee under then-Chairman Joe Biden

Person has opinion.
Good for them!

Always in His Presence · Jun 24, 2025

Always in His Presence said:
Metzl was on the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton and was deputy staff director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee under then-Chairman Joe Biden

Yep - long time Democrat.

Richard T · Jun 24, 2025

Is it courage to release bombs without knowing the full consequences of those actions? Perhaps it also could be folly. Most use decision tree models to plot outcomes and the probabilities of what consequences will follow. I myself am good with the Trump decision but again I admit the consequences will not fully be known for some time. As I saw one US Colonel put it the bombing was an operational success but it is not known if it was a strategic success. So what Harris would have decided or not seems far less important than what happens next. The cease fire though seems good as well.
So what are my reservations? 1) the processed uranium may have already been removed. 2) Iran may focus on getting a nuclear bomb by other means. 3) That Iran too can be coy and the cease fire is an effort to regroup with her allies and attack at a time more appropriate for them. 4) That Trump is restarting an arms race that will consume far more of GDP for every nation on earth and leave less for citizens.
If Harris would not bomb Iraq as a single mission like this, who would have joined her? Obama, Biden, Carter, Clinton, Bush I and Bush II, and maybe Reagan? (I think some Presidents did attack Iran in some limited ways). But the point is we really do not know the consequences yet to fully judge the Trump actions.

ozso · Jun 24, 2025

I can see her saying "we need to try to work things out with Iran". While maintaining as much distance as possible.

A2SG · Jun 24, 2025

Always in His Presence said:
Former Biden Staffer Says Kamala Harris Wouldn’t Have Had ‘Courage’ to Strike Iran

Jamie Metzl may have voted for then-Vice President Kamala Harris when she ran for president, but has since said the Democratic candidate would not have had “the courage” to launch strikes against Iran.

Metzl, a former Democratic staffer, praised President Donald Trump for launching strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday. Metzl was on the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton and was deputy staff director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee under then-Chairman Joe Biden

Wait, didn't Trump once claim that Harris would get us into a war in 6 months?

-- A2SG, musta thought she wasn't gonna be quick enough, looks like Trump only needed 5....

BCP1928 · Jun 24, 2025

ozso said:
I can see her saying "we need to try to work things out with Iran". While maintaining as much distance as possible.

You never can tell; sometimes amateurs at foreign policy become warlike and rash.

RileyG · Jun 25, 2025

ozso said:
I can see her saying "we need to try to work things out with Iran". While maintaining as much distance as possible.

Indeed. I cannot what would have happened if she was elected. I think we would be worse off, in my opinion.

SimplyMe · Jun 25, 2025

And most of us could care less. It isn't like most ever really supported Harris and she is unlikely to ever successfully run for national office again.

seeking.IAM · Jun 25, 2025

I doubt courage came into play. I suspect courage is not much of a factor when you are having others do your bidding whilst safely inside the situation room at the 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Courage is when you do your duty regardless of bone spurs.

durangodawood · Jun 26, 2025

I could see her authorizing the strikes as a "look strong!" sort of performance.

I mean, truly tough people will step outside their constitutionally prescribed roles when they see fit.

mark46 · Jun 26, 2025

ozso said:
I can see her saying "we need to try to work things out with Iran". While maintaining as much distance as possible.

sure
Biden got Iran up to 60% enrichment, with 50 stronger missiles added each month, and continual improvement in infrastructure, all while "working things out with Iran"

Another few months (of Biden or Haris) would likely have allowed Iran to reach 90% (weapons grade) and allow them to have the flexibility of deciding WHEN to mount the weapons and become a nuclear power at any time (perhaps at the base deeper in the mountain than those destroyed). And the talks would have continued.

ozso · Jun 26, 2025

mark46 said:
sure
Biden got Iran up to 60% enrichment, with 50 stronger missiles added each month, and continual improvement in infrastructure, all while "working things out with Iran"

Another few months (of Biden or Haris) would likely have allowed Iran to reach 90% (weapons grade) and allow them to have the flexibility of deciding WHEN to mount the weapons and become a nuclear power at any time (perhaps at the base deeper in the mountain than those destroyed). And the talks would have continued.

You're right. Not only would she not be striking aginst, she'd be fortifying.

public hermit · Jun 26, 2025

This is the kind of thing people think about to make themselves feel better about their choice. "Well, it's a good thing we went this route, because it we hadn't (insert useless hypothetical)." There's no way to know what would have happen if she had been elected, and the fact it's being pondered is telling.

mark46 · Jun 26, 2025

public hermit said:
This is the kind of thing people think about to make themselves feel better about their choice. "Well, it's a good thing we went this route, because it we hadn't (insert useless hypothetical)." There's no way to know what would have happen if she had been elected, and the fact it's being pondered is telling.

To be clear, I am a lifelong Biden type Democrat.
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It is NOT unreasonable to speculate that Biden or Harris would have continued their policies and that they would not have pursued Trump's very aggressive actions toward the NATO leaders and against Iran.

public hermit · Jun 26, 2025

mark46 said:
To be clear, I am a lifelong Biden type Democrat.
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It is NOT unreasonable to speculate that Biden or Harris would have continued their policies and that they would not have pursued Trump's very aggressive actions toward the NATO leaders and against Iran.

Sure, it's a very human thing to do, but it's useless. The only things that matter are what's happening now and whether they are helpful or not. The more people appease their conscious by what could have been, the less likely they are to face the current reality and, perhaps, critique things that need to be critiqued. The majority of Trump supporters seem unwilling to critique anything he does. Instead, they keep comforting themselves by what could have been. It's unhelpful, at best.

Always in His Presence · Jun 26, 2025

A2SG said:
Wait, didn't Trump once claim that Harris would get us into a war in 6 months?

-- A2SG, musta thought she wasn't gonna be quick enough, looks like Trump only needed 5....

Psst.... Trump is not a former Biden staffer - it isn't a contradiction.

A2SG · Jun 26, 2025

Always in His Presence said:
Psst.... Trump is not a former Biden staffer - it isn't a contradiction.

Didn't say he was, nor did I claim it was a contradiction. I simply noted that Trump criticized Kamala Harris for something he himself did, just faster.

-- A2SG, I dunno, maybe he was actually campaigning for her....

Canuckster · Jun 27, 2025

She wouldn’t have required any courage because the decisions to do anything would have been in the hands of her leftist handlers. They would handle her just like they handled Biden. Only difference is Biden had a physical impairment which rendered him mentally absent whereas she'd be mentally absent, naturally.

Former Biden Staffer Says Kamala Harris Wouldn’t Have Had ‘Courage’ to Strike Iran

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