By DUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ
McALLEN, Texas |...It had been coming for days following Israel's earlier bombing of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, Syria. A missile attack, is what U.S. intelligence was saying.
It came yesterday - some 200 or so drones and missiles.
According to reports, Israel fended off almost entirely, the number 99% being tossed around liberally in news stories. Credit the so-called "Iron Dome" anti-missile batteries availed to Israel by the U.S.
But don't expect the U.S. to stay in the fray.
This from axios.com: [ President Joe Biden told Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a call on Saturday that the U.S. won't support any Israeli counterattack against Iran. Biden and his senior advisers are highly concerned an Israeli response to Iran's attack on Israel would lead to a regional war with catastrophic consequences, U.S. officials said.
Iran launched attack drones and missiles against Israel on Saturday night local time in retaliation for an airstrike in Syria that killed a top Iranian general.
"More than 200 drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were fired from Iran," IDF spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said. Most of the threats were intercepted outside of Israeli airspace, he said.
A U.S. defense official earlier said U.S. forces in the region shot down Iranian-launched drones targeting Israel. Biden told Netanyahu the joint defensive efforts by Israel, the U.S. and other countries in the region led to the failure of the Iranian attack, according to a White House official.
"You got a win. Take the win," Biden told Netanyahu, according to the official.
The official said that when Biden told Netanyahu that the U.S. will not participate in any offensive operations against Iran and will not support such operations, Netanyahu said he understood. ]
This, of course, is tangentially connected to the ongoing Israel/Palestinian brawl in the Gaza Strip. The Israelis fully believe that Iran funds Hamas terrorists in the region, often also arming then with weapons.
It'll be interesting to see where else this goes.
The U.S. does not want a fast-spreading wildfire in the Middle East...
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The anti-missile cooperative capabilities with the U.S. and the layered defense system's successful performance is extremely impressive.
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DeleteBiden is a total failure. He put the US in harm's way by not controlling Netanyahu, and his terrorist cabinet. So, Isael steels Palestinian land so Hamas attacks those at a concert on the stolen land, and Hamas is the bad person. Israelis attack Palestinian villages on Palestinian land and Hamas is the bad person. None of these people are real Jews. Netanyahu and the Israelis who want to destroy Palestine are doing terrible damage to the Jews and endangering them. I have no problem with Israel defending itself by targeting a diplomatic mission in Syria which was helping Israel's enemies, but is ok for Israel to attack Palestinians on their land and wrong for Hamas to defend that land? If this war expands Biden will be known for yet another foreign policy failure, and rightfully lose in November. Then God help us all.
ReplyDeleteCommenter, you make some good points, but you water- down your insight by labeling Biden as a "total failure." He is not that, not in this case. As you may have read (and discarded the info), he has warned Israel against counterattacking. Israel is our aircraft carrier in the Middle East, an ally that must be defended. It also, however, must not be allowed to use the U.S. in its regional disagreements...
DeleteJesus Christ shall protect the place where he was born.
DeleteBiden's warning to Israel was empty to try and calm down the Muslims in the US. Also, to the commentor saying no harm in Israel you might want to check the news. Shrapmetal came down on Israeli's. Yes, a destruction of 99% of the missiles is impressive. Finally, until Biden demands Netanyahu resigns, he is a failure. Also, Biden pushed Ukraine into joining NATO and now cannot deliver help. His failure in Afghanistan is just bizarre. He claims our intelligence services did not know the leadership was stealing the food and wages of the soldiers. If that is true, then our intelligence services need to clean house. For nearly year groups were demanding the US step up evacuation of the translators. Biden did nothing. He is either not listening to his advisors or our intelligence services are a complete failure. Know history, in times like this people want strong determined leaders. He is handing the election to Trump, and if Trump wins may God save us.
DeleteUnfortunately there will never be a peaceful ending.
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ReplyDeleteJust hoping Iran didn't use any of that Biden Administration "freed up" $6B we insisted they use for "humanitarian" purposes.
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DeleteThat’s pretty amazing…to shoot down EVERY projectile…and have NO damage whatsoever. That’s gotta be historic in itself.
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DeleteIsrael is going to make Iran pay. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but Iran will pay for the attack last night. Bank on it!
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Trump: "We speak English here, not Spanish."
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DeleteThe Israelis took out some top Iranian generals and in response Iran launched an attack Israel easily swatted away. Let it end there. It feels like right-winger Netanyahu won’t let it go, though.
ReplyDeleteI have this question - Why did Iran tell Israel when and where they would initiate the attack?
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ReplyDeleteWhy did Israel attack Syria? It needed an excuse to launch war.
There is always the US to fight their enemies on their behalf. Israel will do everything to stir trouble and then slink away and let the US fight the fight.
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ReplyDeleteif they have been attacked from all four sides in the region does it mean that no one wants them in the region?!
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