Biden administration fears Iranian attack and is working with Israel on defenses, US official says

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/politics/biden-administration-iran-israel-nasrallah-intl-hnk/index.html

19 Comments

  1. I wonder if the America will de escalate this situation by allowing Iran to hit US targets as social justice? Or maybe even accidentally land an F35 in an area where the Iranians can reach it?

  2. iran has no choice at this point. their deterrent against the west’s demolition of their nuke program — ie, hezbo and its missile arsenal pointed at israel — is getting decimated. with no nuke program to threaten the world with and crippling sanctions, the islamic regime’s days are numbered

    the crazy mullahs figure they may as well go down fighting and try to kill as many jews as possible in the process

  3. For some reason, they chose one of the least flattering pictures of Biden ever for the article.

    Well, it’s not being a calm and quiet end for his admin, anyway, so maybe that’s an appropriate photo.

  4. If I was the leadership class of Iran I would be scared shitless right now. Regardless what you think of Israel, their reach in the Middle East is basically James Bond level. Iran would clearly be dismantled into a rump state in an open war. They know that.

  5. our leaders are too cowardly to reign in their drunk friend trying to pick fights with bigger dudes at the bar. Embarrassing posturing by the US in this whole middle eastern debacle

  6. Iran can’t do anything directly. Israel could slap them silly by themselves, yet alone all the US firepower parked in the region. We have recently seen that most of the stuff Iran could throw at Israel would be destroyed before it reached its target. Some would get through, sure, but enough to make losing all their own military installations and nuclear sites worthwhile? Nope. Russia also doesn’t want to lose its supply of Iranian drones and missiles either, so they’ll be telling Iran not to react.

    I have a nasty feeling how this will play out, and it involves Russia and Iran trying to create a new Cuban missile crisis to both get what they want. I hope I’m 100% wrong, but just think of the logic from their POV if Russia was to station some nukes in Iran.

  7. A wider war would be dangerous for the so-called allied autocracies of the middle east like Egypt, whose government is hanging on by a thread.

  8. Immersive-techhie on

    All this is so stupid. Why on earth would the US empower Israel to behave like genocidal maniacs and stir up more shit in a region constantly on the brink of war. Nothing good comes out of this and there will be no winners, only losers.

  9. Shockandawenasty on

    Let’s be real. Israel dragging the world into ww2 or another major conflict for the U.S. in the Middle East.

  10. Everyone seems to think Iran isn’t capable of a significant attack so why is the US worrying? Israel doesn’t seem worried.

  11. Tquila_Mockingbird on

    Stuck between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, they are committing war crimes with the weapons we provide them. On the other hand, as soon as we stop backing them, the entire middle east will ignite and destroy them (likely also committing war crimes in the process).

    A two-state solution is the only way this will end with any kind of decency, but Netanyahu seems to not want it…

    Crazy times we are living in