Posted on 04/13/2024 9:47:28 PM PDT by bitt
President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister that nothing of “value” was hit in Iran’s airborne attack Saturday and asserted American forces will not be participating in any offensive against Iran, according to a report.
The president called Israel’s defense during the attacks a win — telling Netanyahu Israel’s ability to intercept nearly all of the hundreds of missiles and drones showed its military superiority, a US official told CNN.
Biden also made it very clear that the US would not be engaging in any military offensive against the Islamic Republic, the senior official told the channel
Israeli Defense Forces said it had shot down the “vast majority” of projectiles outside of Israel’s borders. It was assisted by the US military.
“At my direction, to support the defense of Israel, the U.S. military moved aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers to the region over the course of the past week,” Biden said in a statement Saturday night after his phone call with the Israeli leader, according to readout of the call released by the White House.
“Thanks to these deployments and the extraordinary skill of our servicemembers, we helped Israel take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles,” he added.
A handful of missiles made it through, with one striking an Israeli base, but damages were minor and no injuries were reported, according to IDF officials.
A senior US official told CNN that the US forces intercepted more than 70 drones and at least three ballistic missiles. The missiles were shot down by two guided missile destroyers deployed in the eastern Mediterranean.
US fighter jets also helped defend Israel from the barrage, another official told the outlet.
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US forces intercepted more than 70 drones and at least three ballistic missiles.
You have to ask yourself, Just how many people at State and elsewhere is Iran paying off?
bttt
Whew? Thanks branDUHn!
As always the libs want to give Iran the last word, leaving it unaccountable.
he’s going for 2 out of three attacks.
All of them?
Why doesn’t anyone call on Iran and the muslims to *de-escalate*?
It’s always Israel who is attacked and when they defend themselves, they are told to *de-escalate* and back down.
They WANT Israel to take it and be annihilated.
Bidet* of course did not tell Israel a thing.
His trained monkeys relayed what the deep state wanted to relate.
Great meme.
It holds in both conflicts.
It is our energy policy vs our tax dollars in both wars.
Completely insane. President Trump cannot return to office fast enough. He’ll have both Russia and Iran back in the poor house unable to threaten anyone in no time.
I am joining your call on Iran and muslims to de-escalate.
Israel gets the message, that for now, the U.S. is un-willing to participate in a response by Israel against Iran.
IMHO, the U.S. did the right thing, supporting Israel with additional anti-air defense.
IMHO, the U.S. has been doing the right thing, supporting Ukraine with additional anti-air defense.
I believe, that the U.S. *MUST* learn about, and develop as much as possible, in that area:
Anti-air, anti-aerial-drone/UAV (from the smallest to the largest, and from the most obvious to the most hidden) . . . tech.
Close to home - meaning within and about the perimeters of the U.S.A. - I suspect that we have little defense against: FPV's (type of drones).
And, I am concerned about the many thousands of muslim terrorists whom President Biden and What's-His-Hame Mayorkas:
"We Don’t Bear Responsibility"
- DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Feb. 11, 2024
. . . have let into our country; concerned, because, many of the muslim terrorists are likely to have learned alot by watching YouTube - seeing how drones are being used in the Ukraine v. Russia war.
If this is a win, then what concessions have been extracted from Iran?
Especially jug ears Barry O
Iran better watch it with Biden or he’ll send more planeloads of cash at them. He means it.
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