“it hurts” Israel's response after Tuesday's ballistic missile attack on Tel Aviv is worrying the Iranian regime.
President Joe Biden has insisted that an angry Israel should not attack Iran's nuclear facilities and should ensure a proportionate response.
Former Director of National Intelligence Kash Patel said, “Iran has waged war on Israel.''
“So the Israelis, protecting themselves and their hostages, shouldn't attack bases inside Iran that could get them killed, especially after giving Iran $7 billion as commander-in-chief and then giving Iran a nuclear weapon.” Especially when you're the one who authorized the development.'' The material is highly political. ”
Rockets fly through the sky during cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, seen from Tel Aviv, Israel, October 1 (Reuters/Ammar Awad)
He said on Thursday that he was “considering” recommending that Israel target Iranian energy facilities.
“The oil market is in turmoil, even if we're talking about it. It's not something you think about publicly,” said Victoria Coats, Trump's former deputy national security adviser.
“If you make a decision and have something to announce, that's fine. You want to be on parity with the American people as much as possible. These random comments are It's really damaging and confusing because they don't have any guidelines or guardrails for what's going to happen, so they might do something weird.”
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An Israeli counterattack could occur at any time. “We will act. Iran will soon feel the consequences of its actions. The response will be painful,” Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon told reporters.
Rather than its long-standing goal of helping negotiate a ceasefire, the Biden administration is now shifting its priorities to containment, which helps the region avoid an all-out war between the two dominant superpowers.
“This is the 1930s all over again. President Biden and the G7 leaders are calling on Israel to take a proportionate and limited response to the Iranian regime,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, RS. C.) told FOX News Digital.
“The idea of telling Israel which targets to attack ignores reality,” he continued. “Would a proportionate response be for Israel to fire 200 ballistic missiles at Iran, emulating what the Iranians did against Israel?”
Former President Donald Trump has not said how Israel should respond to the attack, but insists it never happened on his watch.
For the Biden administration, an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities risks triggering an all-out war on a new front for Israel. The Trump team is torn between its anti-war views and its tendency to support Israel unconditionally. It is unclear whether they still believe that the two can exist in harmony.
Proportionalism is “obviously not what Israel is doing,” Coates said.
“I really think so after the Prime Minister. [Benjamin Netanyahu] “He left Washington in July, but after that visit, some factor, or combination of factors, changed his calculations significantly,” she said.
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“He seems to have come back with an attitude of, 'I want to get everything done before the election.' It's a shame he's not listening to the White House at all.”
In the wake of Iran's assassination attempt on President Trump and the hacking of his campaign, President Trump said that if he were president, he would tell Iran that if it harmed a U.S. politician, he would “blow them to smithereens.” Ta.
President Trump on Tuesday said he wished he had responded more forcefully after Iran fired dozens of missiles at U.S. troops in Iraq in 2020, leaving many with traumatic brain injuries. I was asked if this was the case.
So, first of all, let's talk about “injury”. “What do you mean, 'wounded'? By 'wounded', do you mean because your head hurt? Because the bomb didn't fall on the fortress,” Trump said.
On October 1, tracer rounds were seen fired into the air over Beirut, Lebanon, in celebration of Iran's missile barrage against Israel. (Reuters/Luisa Gouriamaki)
Numerous rockets are seen fired from Iran over Jerusalem from Hebron in the West Bank on October 1, 2024. (Wissam Hashramoon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“So, as you can see, no one has ever taken a tougher stance on Iraq,” Trump continued, referring to Iraq instead of “Iran.” “To be harsh, they didn't have money. Hamas didn't have money. Hezbollah didn't have money. And when we hit them, they hit us. And they hit us. I called and said, “We're going.'' We're going to shoot your fort, but we're not going to attack it. ”
Defense officials said more than 100 people suffered traumatic brain injuries after the January 2020 attack.
The attack came after President Trump ordered the killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, citing an Iranian plot to kill American diplomats and military personnel.
President Trump said on behalf of the 52 Americans who were held hostage in Iran for 444 days after being captured at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in November 1979 that if Iran carries out the plot, they will be able to take advantage of Iran's 52 bases. He vowed to attack “very harshly”.
Still, in January, Iran attacked two bases in Iraq housing U.S. forces, including the Ain al-Asad military base, and a second facility near Erbil airport.
In March, multiple rockets hit the Taji military base, killing three U.S.-led coalition troops.
President Trump, who withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions on Iran, told reporters this week that “nobody [was] “We're much tougher on Iran than we were before.”
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said on Friday that Iran's missile attacks on Israel this week were “legal and lawful.” (Iran Supreme Leader's Office/West Asia News Agency/Reuters)
“Look at the world today. Look at the missiles flying in the Middle East right now. Look at what's happening in Russia/Ukraine. Look at the inflation that is destroying the world.” None of this happened when he was president! ” he wrote in Truth Social.
Alexander Vindman, Trump's former director for European affairs on the National Security Council, claimed that the former president was “afraid” of escalation with Iran.
“During President Trump's term, Iran attacked U.S. forces first and early, and President Trump always backed away for fear of inviting further attacks,” he wrote in X.
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“Fact Check: In 2020, Iran launched ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in retaliation for Soleimani’s assassination. 110 U.S. service members suffered traumatic brain injuries. Many administration officials are still on Iran’s target list. ,” said former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham. .
But Patel argued that it was the Biden administration's lifting of sanctions against Iran and the Obama administration's 2015 nuclear deal that led to the attack in the first place.
“There's a reason the JCPOA was called the 'Iran nuclear deal.' It was never intended to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. It literally gave them nuclear weapons for a limited time,” he said. said.
“Now I believe they have it, because for four years they didn't stop or slow them down. They just succeeded in politicizing national security. is.”
