by By Ross Ibbetson

Daily Mail

February 26, 2021

Joe Biden and his press chief have been accused of hypocrisy after old tweets slamming the Trump administration’s Middle East air strikes resurfaced following last night’s bombing raid on Syria.

The US dropped seven 500-pound precision-guided bombs in a Biden-directed bombardment that reportedly killed 22 Iran-backed militants smuggling weapons at a border crossing with Iraq.

That ferocity has drawn accusations of double standards because Biden previously referred to Donald Trump as ‘erratic’ and ‘impulsive’ for threatening to bomb Iran, while press secretary Jen Psaki questioned the legality of attacking Syria.

Four years ago, Psaki tweeted her dismay at Trump-sanctioned air strikes on the very same country which her boss approved a bombing raid on last night.

‘What is the legal authority for strikes? Assad is a brutal dictator. But Syria is a sovereign country,’ Psaki wrote in April, 2017.

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