Despite all of his assurances to the contrary — that Washington would return to its role as a steward of global democratic reform — Biden has mostly continued what every previous American president has done: prop up autocrats to keep "stability" in the Middle East. Cato Institute policy analyst Jon Hoffman came on the show this week to point out one of the most blatant of Biden's contradictions: his support for Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. We also talk about Washington's obsession with getting Arabs to sign onto normalization agreements with Israel, and what a common sense foreign policy in the Middle East would really look like. 

In the first segment, Kelley and Dan talk about the administration's change of heart over sending cluster bombs to the Ukrainian military.

More from Jon Hoffman:

Ten Years After Coup, the U.S. Still Supports Tyranny in Egypt, Lawfare, 7/3/23

The US Will Not Gain from Israel-Saudi Normalization, The Hill, 6/19/23

Middle East Autocrats, Islamophobia, and “Reverse Orientalism,” Bridge Initiative, 6/15/23

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