The remains of intercepted Iranian drones and missiles shot down over Israel and Jordan are still smoldering, and already the Bidenites are trying to prevent Israel from launching its own strike in retaliation for what Washington admits was a hugely “disproportionate” response by Iran to the killing of a high-ranking Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander, Mohamed Reza Zahedi, in Damascus. Biden has said his government will not take part in any attack by Israel on Iran. Apparently that “ironclad” support for Israel that the Bidenites continue to claim extends only to defensive measures. It does not include support for actions that might now be taken by the IDF to make an aggressive Iran “pay the cost” of its own aggression. Furthermore, the Bidenites have told Israel not to retaliate against Iran, but to “take the win.” If Israel were to follow the Bidenites’ advice, Iran would get away scot-free after its massive and “disproportionate” attack on Israel, that included the launching of 170 drones, 130 ballistic missiles, and 30 cruise missiles. More on the Bidenites’ attempt to persuade Israel not to retaliate can be found here: “Report: US told Israel ‘take the win’ rather than retaliate against Iran,” Israel National News, April 14, 2024:
A senior official in the Biden administration told the NBC network that US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their telephone conversation that while the American commitment to defend Israel is an ironclad commitment, the United States will not participate in offensive actions against Iran.
According to the official, Israel should “take the win” of its successful interception of 99% of the drones and missiles launched by Iran rather than retaliate.
The fact that Israel, with some help from the US, UK, France, and Jordan, managed to intercept 99% of Iran’s drones and missiles launched at it, does not mean that Iran should be allowed to get away with such a massive attack without suffering retaliation. Even though its attack proved to be a miserable failure, Iran still needs to suffer the only kind of consequences that will make it impossible for Tehran to try again. The Bidenites seem to think Israel should be satisfied with having escaped harm — their advice is “take the win” — and with a diplomatic victory, such as denunciation of Iran at the UN’s General Assembly. In the view of the Bidenites, that is more than enough.
Separately, National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby was interviewed on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ program. When asked if the Iranian attack could or has led to a wider regional war, he responded, “I don’t think there’s any reason that it needs to.”
“The President doesn’t believe that it needs to move in that direction whatsoever,” he continued. “What Israel demonstrated last night was an incredible ability to defend itself. Just their own military superiority was quite remarkable yesterday.”
He added, “Israel demonstrated again that they’re not standing alone, that they have friends.”
“The President’s been clear: We don’t want to see this escalate, we’re not looking for a wider war with Iran,” he said.
Nor is Israel looking for a “wider war.” While Iran’s retaliation for the killing of its IRGC commander in Damascus was certainly hugely “disproportionate” — with its launching at Israel of 170 drones, 130 ballistic missiles, and 30 cruise missiles, Israel will likely choose not to exceed by very much that degree of lethality. But unlike Iran’s drones and missiles, Israel’s are likely not to be intercepted, but to hit their intended targets. At that point, Jerusalem will declare the “tit-for-tat” exchange over, and the Iranians, who will not have had anything like Israel’s success in intercepting missiles and drones, are likely to acquiesce. There is only so much public failure that the Iranian regime can endure, without becoming even more of a malign laughingstock than it already is.
Biden spoke to Netanyahu late on Saturday night, after Iran launched an attack on Israel involving hundreds of drones and missiles.
In a statement following the call, Biden wrote, “Earlier today, Iran—and its proxies operating out of Yemen, Syria and Iraq—launched an unprecedented air attack against military facilities in Israel. I condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms.”
It was not just “military facilities” in Israel that were under attack. It’s true that the Nevatim Air Base and the Dimona nuclear reactor were two of the sites the Iranians were aiming for. But they also had missiles headed to Jerusalem, which the IDF shot down. Just imagine the reaction of the world’s Muslims if an Iranian missile had hit Al-Aqsa Mosque or the Dome of the Rock. Another target was apparently the Golan Heights, the site of both a military outpost and several civilian towns..
It is one thing for Biden to refuse to have the American military take part in an Israeli attack on Iran. That would open American forces in the Middle East to retaliation not just by Iran, but also by its proxies. But it is quite another thing for Biden to say that he “opposes”any attack at this point by Israel on Iran. That is asking too much of Israel, to refrain from retaliating after such an enormous, and potentially devastating attack by Iran. Israelis must feel that they have to teach Iran a lesson so that it will never try such an attack again. The Israeli government may even decide that with the sympathy now being shown the Jewish state for the attack launched against it, a sympathy that is combined with admiration for Israel’s remarkable defenses, it should take this occasion to attack the Islamic Republic’s storehouses of ballistic and cruise missiles, and its drones. What’s more, now may be the moment to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities as it is now just a few months away from having enough enriched uranium for three bombs.. Once that “demilitarizing” of Iran is a fait accompli, and it becomes abundantly clear that all the Sunni Arab states are pleased with what Israel has managed to achieve, the Bidenites should come to appreciate how Israel has managed, in Iran as in Gaza, to enhance both its own, and the world’s, security and stability.
Wellington says
Biden has been a disaster all around. He is a feckless, lying creep of a man, a massive incompetent, and he has no virtues. I can respect no one who would vote for this man in 2024. There is something wrong with anyone who would.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
Anyone who votes for Biden this November is either:
1. A profoundly ignorant CNN / MSNBC news junkie.
2. Evil.
Vera levy says
Have you guys showing your faces on the street to support the American people against those Hamas protesters who are taking over your streets, your airports, and your values
No, you have not
At least we have not seen you
It is time to defend America from this fanatic how much supporters, because all of this is initiated from Iran
They will destroy your economy, and this is what Iran is up to
You are the big Satan in America and you have to be killed first to come for the Jews and then they come for you
Kosh's Shadow says
I suggest instead of “retaliating”, Israel show its support for Ukraine by destroying the Iranian drone factories. After all, Iran is supplying Russia with drones.
Vera Levy says
Well that we have it all what is going on in Ukraine was initiated by the Democrats in America
This is going on since 2014
There is a phone call of Victoria Nuland on YouTube
Where she talks about it
Stop watching US media they all work for the Democrats
If you want to waste your time, you can watch the lying show every day and take it for granted
somehistory says
The bully threatens the little kid whose parents say “don’t fight, talk your way.”
That might work with regular bullies. It doesn’t work with mozlums and terror states run by mozlums.
If biden gave a speech, or was just talking to the press, he could likely come up with an example of beating up a bully back in his younger life.
Courting the mozlum vote to stay in the seat of power is what matters to biden, pelosi, raskin, schumer, aoc, and all of the others who tell Israel to just take it; don’t respond in kind.
Games of chess, checkers, football, baseball, basketball are all fashioned on the facts of war. How many of those are played by one side of a team…..the defense….and the offense stays out of the game? How many games would be played fair, how many would be won, by the defense only?
War is terrible. but it is sometimes necessary when the enemy is out to wipe a nation of people off the planet. To protect the children, to protect the babies, to protect the old people, war is sometimes necessary.
Revelation 6….the rider of the red horse has been granted a large sword to “take peace away from the earth.”
Westman says
I would think that Israel is dealing with a dilemma of where to put its resources, Rafah or Iran. It can’t do both without the assistance that was just denied by the US.
Its current pause may suggest that a response to Iran will be taking precedence. The US has refused participating in an attack but clearly will provide defense afterward. Considering that Iran may have 900 or more missiles, a pre-emptive attack could be of any proportion up to decapitating the Iranian Regime. Or, nothing may happen. Whatever, the pause won’t be permanent.
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. — Will Rogers
James Lincoln says
Israel, with its IDF, could – at the very least – retaliate with the same number of:
170 drones, 130 ballistic missiles, and 30 cruise missiles.
And, best of all, Iran does NOT have the capability to shoot ALL of them down.
And no one could claim that it was a “disproportionate” response.
somehistory says
James, I said the same thing to my daughter this afternoon.
James Lincoln says
Interesting, somehistory.
Thanks for your reply.
OLD GUY says
Sadly I’am not sure that Biden wouldn’t help Iran shoot them down.
Walter Sieruk says
Joe Biden sure has much ,sinister, gall to tell the government officials of the State of Israel not to retaliate against that hostile Islamic regime for its vicious missile and drone attacks against Israel and her people.
Of course , nothing else but such awful words come out of the mouth of Biden , since he’s only a puppet “president” who is the tool and useful idiot of those in high power of the Red/ Green alliance ,who behind the curtains , who control their stooge ,who is Biden.
MD Anthony says
Biden sounds like he is one of Iran’s Proxies
Walter Sieruk says
It’s very important and necessary for the Israeli government to launch retaliatory strikes against that hostile and vicious “mullah regime” of Iran.
The reason why this is so had been explained over 200 years ago by a US President, Thomas Jefferson, who had wisely declared “With every barbarous people…force is law.”
As someone else has rightly said, “Half –measures in was is folly and madness.”
Walter Sieruk says
Prime Minister Benjamin was not only right, for he also spoke the sensible thing to do when he declared, “No force in the world will stop us from elimination Hamas.”
For Hamas is a dangerous and deadly plague for all Jewish people and the State of Israel and as some people don’t seem to realize that vicious and vile jihad entity also dangerous to America and all the other Western countries.
Furthermore, Hamas hates the Jewish people with a spiteful passion, which also carries over to the same detestable and deadly malice for Christians. As is the saying in the Middle East among jihad-minded Muslims, it’s “First comes Saturday then comes Sunday” Meaning “First kill all the Jews and then kill all the Christians.”
To think about it , the many Muslims propagandists who live in the United States keep telling the Americans as well as other Westerner that “Islam respects Jews and Christians as “People of the Book. Those words .of course ,mean the Bible.
In reality ,many Muslims in the Middle East and elsewhere engage in severs persecution Christians and Jews Therefore , those words spoken by the Muslim apologists for Islam are disingenuous and empty words.
The persecution of who aren’t officially “People of the book” would be horrendously cruel and murderous. towards Hindus and Buddhists as well as people of other religions who Muslim view a “pagan.”
Prime Minister Benjamin had revealed knowledge and wisdom by his statement about the need to about the very important and necessary need to engage in the “Elimination of Hamas.”
Walter Sieruk says
Joe Biden with his hideous influence is not only curse on America and the American people, but Biden is also a curse in the State of Israel and the people who are the citizens of Israel.
The government officials of the State of Israel do have a duty and obligation to have the Israeli military force response to those brutal cruel malice -filled murderous jihadists attacks of Hamas.
For it’s the responsibility of the government of Israel to protect the safety and lives of citizens , especially since that horrendous jihad entity, Hamas, started this war on October 7th by launching violent and deadly Islamic terrorists attacks on the peaceful Jewish people of Israel.
Therefore, the use of the military force against Hamas is a very important and necessary action of self-defense.
Furthermore Hamas should be dealt with defeated and even destroyed is to hit it hard , hit it long and keep on hitting it with strong powerful forceful military strikes until it’s unable to raise up again with its ugly , vicious and deadly jihad Islamic head.