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Biden tells Netanyahu US will not engage in counteroffensive against Iran, calls Saturday a win for Israel: report
https://nypost.com/2024/04/14/world-news/biden-tells-netanyahu-us-will-not-engage-in-offensive-again ^ | 4/14/2024 | patrick reilly

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Iran; Israel; Politics/Elections; War
KEYWORDS: biden; fjb; iran; iranattacksisrael; israel; netanyahu
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To: bitt
As predicted earlier, despite saying "don't" earlier, China Tehran Joe does nothing against the Mullahs in Iran.
41 posted on 04/14/2024 2:09:55 AM PDT by nuke_road_warrior (Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
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To: bitt

BS .
Dr Evil Jill got orders and relayed them from her Bosses , China and Barry and VJ
to force Israel to get ready to be destroyed .
I doubt Netty will allow that .
Iran is in charge of this WH .
DR Evil needs to be taken out by Mossad .
She is the real issue here .


42 posted on 04/14/2024 3:05:00 AM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil)
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To: metmom

Iran’s attack on Israel 04/13-04/14/2024, was planned and prepared, ready to go - before the kenetic strike on the building that was next to the Iran Embassy in Damascus.


43 posted on 04/14/2024 3:09:30 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: linMcHlp

“kenetic” -> kinetic


44 posted on 04/14/2024 3:11:05 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Alvin Diogenes

President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister that nothing of “value” was hit in Iran’s airborne attack Saturday...

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Akin to saying - When the robbers broke into my house and I defended myself and my property by shooting and killing the invaders, nothing of value was hit.

F*CK / U / J B


45 posted on 04/14/2024 4:12:50 AM PDT by mund1011 (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality)
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To: bitt

Who is going to pay for all of this?


46 posted on 04/14/2024 4:14:49 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: linMcHlp

My tagline has never been as important as it is today.


47 posted on 04/14/2024 4:39:41 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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To: bitt

Biden is not in charge of anything. The entire Woke DEI (DIE) Administration is losing it’s collective mind(s).

Of course the US is going to ramp up. You can see it around the big air base in Ohio... New types of aircraft are showing up and disappearing;)

Iran is not going to know what hit them. All they will remember is there was a flash that went past and then a boom in the distance.

The USAF will be stealthly deadly against Iran.

Kind of like aliens or God, they cannot prove it without evidence in a court of law.

Iran better fasten her seatbelts.


48 posted on 04/14/2024 5:25:38 AM PDT by Jumper
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To: pierrem15

No need to pay off that which you own.


49 posted on 04/14/2024 6:18:17 AM PDT by Segovia
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To: bitt

First word that comes to mind is “coward.” Second word that comes to mind, “backstabber.”


50 posted on 04/14/2024 7:16:47 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: linMcHlp

Meme....

So whoever accused America of not being evenhanded was wrong.
America does it all the time.

Magazine— Foreign Policy:
No Gun Left Behind?

Almost 80 U.S. aircraft—with control panels smashed out—were left abandoned at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport when the United States pulled out last August. The United States left behind nearly 42,000 pieces of night vision, surveillance, biometric, and positioning equipment in the Taliban-controlled country.

By the time the last U.S. transport aircraft left Afghan airspace on Aug. 30, 2021, 70 percent of U.S. weapons given to the Afghan forces over the past 16 years were left in the country as well as nearly $48 million worth of ammunition.


51 posted on 04/14/2024 9:14:07 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: Paul R.
If this is a win, then what concessions have been extracted from Iran?

Karine: Uh, I mean, that must have been answered fully and don't need to go over everything again and again. I am ready for the next question.

52 posted on 04/14/2024 9:17:24 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: Paul R.

I don’t want a war but in support of playing some offense against Iran. They need to know we can determine their fate.


53 posted on 04/14/2024 9:17:59 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy ( )
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