by Sam Faddis at AND Magazine
Yesterday the Iranians fired somewhere between 200 and 300 cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and drones at Israel. Never before have the Iranians staged a direct attack on Israel from their soil. Fortunately, the overwhelming majority of those weapons were intercepted by Israeli, British, American, and Jordanian forces before they reached Israel. Some missiles did make it through, however, and damage is still being assessed.
In response to this unprecedented attack, President Biden returned to Washington from Delaware and reportedly met with his top advisors. He then went to bed without addressing the American people. This morning the White House announced that it would not participate in any Israeli retaliatory attack. Reports also indicate that during a call with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Biden opposed any action by Israel against Iran.
Per Biden, nothing of value was hit in Israel.
Take a moment and absorb the implications of what has just happened. The whole world was aware that Iran was preparing to attack Israel. Biden publicly advised the Iranians not to do so. They ignored him and launched an attack that was completely unprecedented in scale from their own territory. In response to that attack, Biden has advised the Israelis not to retaliate and has made clear that the United States will not support its closest ally in the Middle East in defending itself.
Since the birth of the state of Israel in one fashion or another we have guaranteed the security of that nation and made clear that we will always stand side by side with it. That is no longer true. Israel and Iran are now on the verge of entering into sustained, open conflict. The entire Middle East is in danger of going up in flames.
Our “President” says Israel is on its own if it chooses to fight back.
Since he sat down in the Oval Office…
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