Biden told Bibi U.S. won't support an Israeli counterattack on Iran
Biden told Bibi U.S. won't support an Israeli counterattack on Iran
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Just a moment...
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Great news. Hopefully that means if Israel does it anyway they will pay a price too heavy to bear, and we can put the whole "escalate to cover our Gaza situation" thing to bed.
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If you cheer on Iran's strikes on Israel, remember that in addition to Jewish Israelis, Arabs, Palestinians, Muslims & Christians could lose their lives in the attack. Iranian projectiles endanger Ramallah, Bethlehem, Nablus, Amman, Lebanon, Syria & Iraq. War's not an online game
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remember that in addition to Jewish Israelis, Arabs, Palestinians, Muslims & Christians could lose their lives in the attack.
Why would I care about them more?
Iranian projectiles endanger Ramallah, Bethlehem, Nablus, Amman, Lebanon, Syria & Iraq.
As do Israeli ones. And of course these are all rounding errors compared to what else is happening in Gaza.
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Provided Israel doesn't say fuck it, we're going nuclear.
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I don't see Iran going so hard that's on the table. The last strike was beautifully calibrated to re-establish deterrence while doing little politically useful damage, for example.
The real goal here for Israel is to bolster Netanyahu's hold on power. Iran would just have to hit back hard enough it makes his situation worse, not better, and they could safely do that without the US umbrella. Of course, it all depends on what "won't support" means. Time for me to read the article.
Edit: Still not clear.
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Good. Next he needs to hold Israel accountable to the International law agreement for the weapons the US has provided.
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My hope is that he's building up to that. The continued escalation in criticism suggests that's what he's doing; immediately cutting off aid will signal to other allies that he's capricious and having an insufficient legal justification will open him up to impeachment and removal. Of course, it could all be show for the base.
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Why would Netanyahu believe him? I certainly don't. Slaughtering tens of thousands of people has gotten the same kind of "warnings" followed by billions more in lethal aid.
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right? this is just their PR talking.
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No one actually believes that. This coming from the same guy that says ceasefire while they replenish weapons and draft an additional aid package.
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So they won't be warming up the 52's on Diego Garcia.
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America is already involved ..
Without the billions of dollars we give them, and the military support of putting troopa and ships right off the coast, Israel never would have attacked Iran to begin with.
But even if that wasn't true, Biden has a horrible record of not assisting with Israels genocides.
As it says, counterattack.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/iran-israel-damascus-strike.html
What Iran just did was the counterattack.
Yep, it should have said counter-counter-attack to Iran. Btw attack on Iran after attack on Lebanon after genocide in Gaza is ok, Biden approves.