President Joe Biden has been warned that a lack of action could costs lives over global security threats.
The President has been accused of "ignoring" threats from Iran and struggles to be challenged by Russia.
It comes after Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed yesterday that their forces launched ballistic missiles close to the US consulate in Erbil, northern Iraq.
The move was condemned as being "reckless" by the US State Department.
Joe Biden has come under fire for his foreign policy
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Former military intelligence officer Colonel (Ret) Jonathan Sweet and foreign policy expert Mark Toth said there has been inaction in the region.
They said in a joint statement: "Neither Russia nor Iran has any intention of standing down. Kicking the can down the road only makes the problem worse. That is the Biden dilemma, pay the political cost of kinetic intervention now or in American lives later.
"Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Al Khamenei continues to kinetically call President Joe Biden's bluff across the Mideast.
"The Biden Administration does not want a direct confrontation with Iran, but that seems to be the calculated direction Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is taking them."
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It comes as Iran's so-called "Axis of Resistance", including Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen's Houthi rebels, has been increasing its attacks on Israel and commercial shipping routes, prompting the US and UK to launch devastating strikes by air and sea.
Biden officials have been keen to highlight their focus on de-escalation, and aim to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from erupting into a wider conflict.
The President said last week the United States had delivered a private message to Iran about Iran-backed Houthis responsible for attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
But there is also worry in East Asia too, after the election of William Lai in Taiwan prompted fury from China, who the incumbent president has called for independence from.
Biden reiterated the US position by saying "we do not support independence", a move that was dubbed as being as an attempt "to appease" Chinese President Xi Jinping by Toth and Sweet.
Meanwhile leaked German intelligence documents revealed the path to a war with Putin using Belarus as a launching pad for invasion have caused alarm in eastern Europe.
Republicans in Congress have stalled Biden's efforts to deliver $106billion aid package to Kyiv.
With an upcoming election, the pair stressed that Biden is at risk of being overwhelmed.
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Toth and Sweet said: "Domestic politics are coming into play...the White House appears to be on the path of least resistance.
"In doing so, Washington risks appearing as willing to throw its partners, and service members deployed in the Middle East and East Africa, under the bus to avoid any direct military intervention for the next 10 months.
"Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are in the fight for their country's very survival, not some election cycle. Both are prepared to go it alone without the US, Netanyahu told Biden so much concerning the threat.
"Without US support, Ukraine and Israel can drag the US into the very wars Biden is trying to avoid. Biden is struggling to keep his head above water, and other foes including China and North Korea are taking notes."
