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Joe Biden: U.S. will respond ‘forcefully’ to Iranian aggression after drone attack
https://www.washingtontimes.com ^ | March 24, 2023 | Joseph Clark

Posted on 03/24/2023 8:26:40 PM PDT by Enterprise

President Biden on Friday warned that the U.S. stands prepared to “act forcefully” to protect its citizens from attacks after a suspected Iranian-made drone was used in an attack that killed an American contractor and wounded at least five troops in Syria.

In remarks during a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, Mr. Biden offered his condolences to the families of those lost in the attack and commended the U.S. military for its response.

“Make no mistake, the U.S. does not … seek conflict with Iran but be prepared to act forcefully to protect our people,” he said. “That’s exactly what happened last night.”

The Defense Department said in a statement the drone used in the attack against a U.S. base in Syria on Thursday appeared to be of Iranian origin and U.S. Central Command said the attack was carried out by “groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).”

Mr. Biden said he was briefed on the attack while aboard Air Force One en route to Canada and ordered a series of air strikes targeting those responsible.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: 1absurdlies; 1alltalk; biden; bidenliar; fakenews; iran; rop; toughguy; waronterror
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Pray for the troops. During the Crimean War, the Russians said that the English soldiers were lions being led by asses. Which is what we have now in America.
1 posted on 03/24/2023 8:26:40 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

It’s more effective if you just hit them without telegraphing your intentions like a skoolyard blowhard.


2 posted on 03/24/2023 8:30:51 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: Enterprise

Can’t get the traction on the Ukraine war.
Time to move on to Plan B.
A blind man could see it.


3 posted on 03/24/2023 8:31:04 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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And yet he announces that he's cool with the mullahs having a nuke. No wonder the mullahs...and every other psychopath regime on earth...are laughing at him.
4 posted on 03/24/2023 8:32:44 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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To: Enterprise

Ought not forget that Trump ordered the military to leave Syria. the deep state led by General Miley disobeyed the order. American soldiers are dying and being maimed doing the bidding of the globalists and neocons that control and run the corrupt, demented Biden.


5 posted on 03/24/2023 8:34:52 PM PDT by allendale
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To: Enterprise

Why do we have troops in Syria in the first place? This seems like a reasonable question to ask. The United States is not at war with Syria, and Syria’s legitimate government never invited us onto its territory and has repeatedly asked us to leave.


6 posted on 03/24/2023 8:35:41 PM PDT by Always A Marine ("When you strike at a king, you must kill him" - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: MotorCityBuck

Well, they’ve got to drag us into a nuke fest somehow.


7 posted on 03/24/2023 8:36:41 PM PDT by SIDENET (Whatever they're threatening, the vaxx is worse. Don't give in to coercion. )
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To: Clutch Martin

Biden’s plan: A nasty attitude letter in the New York Times.

Since Afghanistan the world knows Biden is a tissue paper tiger. That’s dangerous to our armed forces in uniform.


8 posted on 03/24/2023 8:37:51 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Enterprise

Nobody F’s with a Biden..........


9 posted on 03/24/2023 8:38:20 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: Always A Marine

OIL IMHO


10 posted on 03/24/2023 8:38:44 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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Mr. Biden said he was briefed on the attack while aboard Air Force One en route to Canada

After which he looked up at the Gen Z "briefer," paused, and said, "You're telling me the Canucks have drones now? Is that what you're telling me?"

11 posted on 03/24/2023 8:39:49 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: Enterprise

Rockets?

12 posted on 03/24/2023 8:43:18 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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So Iran and it’s proxies have attacked American troops more than 70 times since Biden took office and now he’s going to really do something about it.

This dementia ridden a-hole is the absolute weakest and most dangerous President of all time. That kills and manes American soldiers. The consequences? None. We are entangled all over the world and we have a chit load of woke loser generals, joint chiefs and DefSec, all of which are lead by Biden. The world has no respect, and given all-time lows in military recruitment, the vast majority of military-aged men have no respect.

13 posted on 03/24/2023 8:50:00 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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To: Enterprise

Quick, give them some more pallets of cash. Pants crapping, demented trash.


14 posted on 03/24/2023 9:01:41 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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Hey you, I’m gonna punch you in the nose, so you better get ready...cuz I’m tough....


15 posted on 03/24/2023 9:08:58 PM PDT by waterhill (All you need is a Catahoula and an 870)
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To: Always A Marine

“Why do we have troops in Syria in the first place? This seems like a reasonable question to ask. The United States is not at war with Syria, and Syria’s legitimate government never invited us onto its territory and has repeatedly asked us to leave.”

How dare you ask these questions. You some kind of subversive Marine?


16 posted on 03/24/2023 9:10:15 PM PDT by Owen
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To: Owen

Weiniehead.... he’s a real one. Unlike you.

And he seems to understand the Constitution.


17 posted on 03/24/2023 9:17:24 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Always A Marine

We have troops in many countries. We have to act as the superpower. Except we are broke with debt 150% of GDP.


18 posted on 03/24/2023 9:17:44 PM PDT by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: allendale

I often tell the young men I work alongside they don’t have to submit to conscription if/when the election stealing pieces of $#!+ in Congress and the White House reimpose it. I’ll show them how to put “Hell, no! We won’t go!” into action should that Xiden punk try to get them maimed, crippled, or killed in Syria or Ukraine. “Fighting for our country” would mean protecting our borders, NOT enforcing the NWO in places working Americans have no need of knowing where to find on a world map!


19 posted on 03/24/2023 9:20:41 PM PDT by Big Brother Go to Hell
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To: Enterprise

Here goes another aspirin factory.


20 posted on 03/24/2023 10:00:46 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Islam is an ideology. It is NOT a religion.)
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