In his memoir Known and Unknown, Donald Rumsfeld pointed out that between January 2000 and September 2002, Iraq attacked the US military more than 2,000 times.
Blogger: In Biden's world - that probably doesn't matter a jot. After all, multiple attacks by Palestinians on Israel apparently cannot justify immediate retaliation.
If Cuba were raining missiles onto Miami - he would probably find a way to justify letting it continue without any military response.
Protection of your population and their representatives is the first duty of government.