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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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

Biden...,..

LOL 🤣😆

What a joke


21 posted on 04/13/2024 10:27:47 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: bitt

Biden makes it clear to Iran that the US won’t do much to defend against or deter Iran from attacking Israel.


22 posted on 04/13/2024 10:28:57 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Yes, from The Bee: . . . Biden Buries Iran Under Dollar Bills


23 posted on 04/13/2024 10:30:31 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: bitt
[Biden tells Netanyahu US will not engage in counteroffensive against Iran]




24 posted on 04/13/2024 10:40:35 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: bitt

How many pallets of cash does it take to buy 300 defective missiles? They shot and missed.


25 posted on 04/13/2024 11:07:50 PM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91. )
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To: bitt
Dear Brandon....Silence can sometimes be a good thing.

Telling an enemy...don't worry...we're not gonna get ya...is inconceivable.

Shut your damn mouth.

26 posted on 04/13/2024 11:24:00 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: clearcarbon

The guy is an idiot.


27 posted on 04/13/2024 11:27:45 PM PDT by abbastanza
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Maybe he will send plane loads of illegals to them!


28 posted on 04/13/2024 11:30:08 PM PDT by abbastanza
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To: linMcHlp

Which may be part of the whole thing.

Test your enemy’s defenses first.


29 posted on 04/13/2024 11:31:20 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: abbastanza

He’s a puppet.

I don’t think he really has a clue what’s going on.


30 posted on 04/13/2024 11:33:22 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: abbastanza

He can’t do that as the left keeps telling us how much of a benefit to all that illegals are.

Will Biden finally become the president who lost the Middle East? I always say if that ever happens, a democrat will be behind it.


31 posted on 04/13/2024 11:35:58 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
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To: bitt; All

Furthermore, this sends a message to our allies that you cannot count on America. We are a toothless tiger.


32 posted on 04/13/2024 11:40:47 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore)
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To: metmom

The astounding thing is that the decisions being made by Joe’s puppeteers are about as stupid as one would expect from someone in the latter stages of dementia.


33 posted on 04/13/2024 11:41:47 PM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: metmom

Yes. And, part was for show - some of the drones apparently had lighting.

Some of the drones were probably instrumented - feeding data about the electronic systems that they encountered, back to Iran/Russia/China.


34 posted on 04/13/2024 11:42:01 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Cobra64

Kind of makes me wonder what S. Korea and Taiwan will do now that the message is that their neighbors are allowed to have one free attack.


35 posted on 04/13/2024 11:45:54 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
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To: metmom

Iran is just showing off. And they asked out permission. It’s all stagecraft.


36 posted on 04/13/2024 11:49:34 PM PDT by Pocketdoor
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult; All

Yup. We are going to see more and more rockets and missile flying until Trump puts an end to this aggressive military mayhem.


37 posted on 04/13/2024 11:51:00 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore)
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To: bitt
President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister that nothing of “value” was hit in Iran’s airborne attack Saturday...

Really? What a terrible comment: A little girl (some reports say 7 years old, some say 10 years old) was severely injured by shrapnel.

It's certainly true that damage overall was much more limited than might have been expected. But it's abhorrent to say that nothing of value was hit.

38 posted on 04/13/2024 11:53:43 PM PDT by Alvin Diogenes
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To: bitt

The best thing Israel could do at this point is resolve to obliterate Iran’s nuclear program. Just take the whole thing out and set them back decades or more.


39 posted on 04/14/2024 12:21:58 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: bitt

In other words, you blocked the punches, and that’s enough. Don’t strike back.


40 posted on 04/14/2024 1:03:39 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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