Biden vows G7 response, ‘ironclad’ US support for Israel after Iran attacks
Biden vows G7 response, ‘ironclad’ US support for Israel after Iran attacks
US president reiterates support for Israel in call with Netanyahu amid reports that he is also opposed to counterattack.
US President Joe Biden has condemned Iranian attacks on military facilities in Israel, pledging a coordinated Group of Seven (G7) diplomatic response while highlighting the United States’s help in taking down “nearly all” of the attacking drones and missiles.
Biden, who cut short a trip to Delaware and returned to Washington, DC to meet advisers over the late Saturday night attack, said in a statement released by the White House that the US forces and facilities had not been hit.
The US president said he reiterated the “ironclad” support for Israel’s security in a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with whom he has had strained relations over Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza.
“Tomorrow, I will convene my fellow G7 leaders to coordinate a united diplomatic response to Iran’s brazen attack,” he said.
“And while we have not seen attacks on our forces or facilities today, we will remain vigilant to all threats and will not hesitate to take all necessary action to protect our people,” he said.
US is gonna go to war against Iran aren't they? And over something as stupid as protecting israel's genocide.
First Thought made a great video on what that could look like
Jesus Christ the opening to that video had me guessing for a moment until I calmed down and realized it's obviously a hypothetical. Given that it's reported that Iranian officials consider their attack "concluded", it would be great if all the players stepped away from escalation into open war. The video I linked talks about the pressure on both Iran and Israel to back down, and here's hoping they do. The world really really doesn't need yet another open war in the Middle East, USA-involved or otherwise.
I think it would be an incredibly unpopular decision by Biden, and the American people would not support a war with Iran. I also think that it would be a tactical mistake, given how many US assets are within Iranian striking distance right now. The US military is having recruiting issues currently, and a war will not help that.
However, I wouldn't be surprised to see ISIS attacks in Iran start to happen more frequently.
Of course it will be more sanctions, more pressure to other countries to denounce Iran, more proxy war with funding literal terrorist groups and telling them to hit whoever the US doesn't like, also probably bomb a few Iranian assests because what actually can they do?
An open war rather requires justified claims. It is gruesome and the horrible results are directly tied to the war. A combination of sinister proxy war, subterfuge, coercion and forced poverty are slow killers and will have way fewer dissidents. It is the name of the game for half of the US
oppressionpolicing on the world.
US will play defense unless Iran does something really stupid and launches a large ballistic missile attack of some kind, or directly attacks US military. Even then, proportional response policy would probably mean strikes against missile facilities only.
No amount of drones sent against Israel will result in the US opening an actual war with Iran.
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What's crazy about this whole situation is Iran attacked Israel because Israel bombed Iran's embassy in Syria killing a general and 6 others... and governments are telling Iran not to overreact.
Like bruh, how would you react if your embassy was bombed in a 3rd country killing your general and 6 other nationals
Stop bailing Israel out. They literally bombed an embassy. They do not need the G7 to help them.
Iran has kept their end of the bargain of not attacking US targets. Of course the US does not keep theirs of not interfering, and shoots down Iranian drones instead.
In a written message to Washington, Iran “warned the US not to get dragged into Netanyahu’s trap”, Mohammad Jamshidi, the Iranian president’s deputy chief of staff for political affairs, wrote on X, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The US should “step aside so that you don’t get hit”.
“In response, the US asked Iran not to hit American targets,” Jamshidi said.
Related to bargaining, I read the wiki article on Iran’s nuclear program the other day and was surprised at how hard they are trying to do their nuclear program “by the book” while the US keeps blocking everyone else from agreeing that they’re entitled as long as they follow the guidelines (paris agreement etc).
The USA didn’t say they wouldn’t interfere. The opposite was said, actually. Iran has in fact targeted a US Base before although they did give warning ahead of time.
You’re just making shit up OP.
The man really wants his reelection to die on this hill
Honestly at this point anybody who needs Trump not to win should be organising their life as if he already has and will come into office next January.
I always say the Berlin wall went up overnight, don't wait for things to get worse before planing your escape.
I'm not voting for Biden.
Fuck the lesser evil.
If this upsets any of you, get mad at the democrats who keep nominating these shit candidates.
Give me someone like Bernie or I will not vote democrat. I will not fall in line. If that means a Trump victory, then so be it.
You'll only have yourselves to blame just like when you nominated Hillary.
"All Joe Biden had to do was stay the fuck out of the middle east for a few months and the election was his..."
The US has been tied to Israel since its founding.
No matter who (or what party) was in the white house, the US would be propping up Isreal after the Hamas attack.
Just like it has done for decades.
Same as Israel was always going to move on Palestine, we were always going to unequivocally support it.
I hope this is true but I'm not confident voters care about the middle east.
Wow so glad this is the lesser evil I'll have to vote for. Fuck this country man.
I left after Trump was elected. The downward spiral marches on it seems.
Plenty of 3rd party candidates to vote for. No one is forcing you to vote for Biden but every vote for Biden is telling him that it's OK to keep doing what he's doing. A vote for Biden is a vote for Genocide.
You'd think a guy with a lifetime in politics would understand optics better than this.
What do you mean? He knows young democrats will just fall in line no matter what he does because he's not trump.
And if they don't, he can count on other Democrats to try and browbeat them and shame them into voting for him no matter what he does, screeching, "But Trump!" as loud as they can.
He sure is trying his best to make his actions indefensible to as wide a swath of the Democratic electorate as he can, now, and just banking on "Hey, I tossed you a few crumbs, and have you seen the other guy?"
Young democrats are probably the ones least likely to fall in line.
US Empire gotta Empire, even though Israel struck first.
Aiding and abetting criminals.
Ah… election year isnt it?
"World's biggest terrorist organisation supports genocidal sky-fairy worshippers"
Oh, quelle surprise
Fuck off Brandon
Post on lemmy.world says hes not going to interfere with reprisals
I'm not voting for Biden ever again.
1 mistake was enough. Independent or bust.
Biden making multiple mistakes right now. WTF, He's literally in bed with MIC
That's fine. Just save us your opinion about the alternative shit show that unveils when Trump's in office. That guy hired John Bomb Iran Bolton as his national security advisor. Trump basically pushed the button himself to kill Qasem Soleimani when his advisors weren't extreme enough.
If it's only Palestinians you care about, remember who moved the US embassy in Israel to Tell Aviv. With trump back in office, Bibi could prop up his regime for another 4yrs.
RFK or bust but you won't get to wash your hands of this going forward.
