Ex-Trump adviser warns Hezbollah could strike on U.S. soil, Biden has lost ability to deter attacks

Robert Greenway, a retired intelligence officer who advised former President Donald Trump, warned Tuesday the Biden administration is losing the ability to deter future attacks by Iran and that a strike on U.S.soil by the Tehran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah "is a very real possibility."

Greenway criticized President Joe Biden's failed efforts to secure an elusive nuclear deal with Iran as "appeasement," noting the administration had freed billions of dollars in oil sales and sanctions relief for Tehran only to see Iran ramp up its worldwide terrorist activities through proxies like Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis.

“The access to resources completely predicates how much malignant behavior they’re going to engage in and we’re seeing this in full display and in real time,” he told Just the News. "...Deterrence has been dismantled by the Biden administration in order to pursue appeasement."

Greenway's comments during an interview with the Just the News, No Noise television show came days after the Customs and Border Protection agency warned its agents that Iran could dispatch operatives, money and materials across the U.S. border for an attack. The memo specifically cited Hezbollah's recent activities, including an attack on an Israeli soccer field, as warning signs.

Asked whether Hezbollah could attack on U.S.soil, something the FBI has long warned about, Greenway answered: "There's no question that this is a very real possibility."

Hezbollah's operations capabilities, "I would judge are better than Iran's. And so in this case, that may be a place where Iran, again, would have deniability, and they would employ Hezbollah to conduct an operation with or without criminal elements," he added.

Tension has been escalating in the Middle East among different countries amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza that was triggered by the Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians last Oct. 7.

Lebanon and Iran threatened to attack Israel recently, after Israel allegedly killed senior leaders in Hezbollah and Hamas. The Hamas leader was killed in Tehran, Iran.