Reports are circulating that the Biden Administration green lighted Iran’s attack on Israel, stipulating that it had to be “within certain limits,” and is now telling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ‘take the win,’ rather than retaliate.
Reuters reports that Iran informed Turkey in advance of its planned operation against Israel, according to a Turkish diplomatic source, who explained that Washington had conveyed to Tehran via Ankara that any action it took must not cross any red lines.
The source further told Reuters that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan had spoken to both his U.S. and Iranian counterparts in the past week regarding the planned Iranian attack, and that all parties were aware it was going to happen.
“Iran informed us in advance of what would happen. Possible developments also came up during the meeting with [U.S. Secretary of State Antony] Blinken, and they (the U.S.) conveyed to Iran through us that this reaction must be within certain limits,” the source said.
“In response, Iran said the reaction would be a response to Israel’s attack on its embassy in Damascus and that it would not go beyond this,” the source added.
However, senior U.S. officials have told Semafor that that the Iranian attack was “designed to cause mass casualties and infrastructure damage.”
The report notes that Iran fired at “major civilian areas,” despite its claims that it would only target military infrastructure.
Israeli officials have stated that a direct military response is now required, vowing that they will deliver an “unprecedented response” to the attack that consisted of 185 one-way suicide drones, 110 surface-to-surface missiles, and 36 cruise missiles.
Axios reports that Biden spoke with Netanyahu on a call and urged him to take their joint defense of Israel as a “win.”
“You got a win. Take the win,” Biden told Netanyahu, adding that the US will not participate in nor support an Israeli military response, according to a White House official who spoke with Axios.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett blasted Biden Sunday for the comments, noting “No, it’s NOT a victory. When a bully tries to hit you 350 times and only succeeds seven times, you’ve NOT won. You don’t win wars just by intercepting your enemy’s hits, nor do you deter it. Your enemy will just try harder with more and better weapons and methods next time.”
Bennett further urged that the only way to deter further aggression from Iran was by “exacting a deeply painful price.”
The likes of John Bolton and other US war hawks are also circling, calling for a strike on Iran and criticising Biden as “an embarrassment.”
While all of this unfolded, Biden was at the beach.
Incredible.
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