Joe Biden opposed, but now is predictably praising, Israel’s terror strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, which killed Hezbollah leaders including Hassan Nasrallah and hundreds of Lebanese civilians. The U.S. had provided the multi-thousand-pound bombs which wiped out a street of apartment blocks.
According to a report in Politico on Sept. 28, “The initial reaction from inside the White House was positive, even though U.S. officials had been trying to convince Israel to pause its operations against Hezbollah, according to two senior administration officials.”
In a statement, President Joe Biden called Nasrallah’s death “a measure of justice for his many victims, including thousands of Americans, Israelis, and Lebanese civilians…. It’s time for these [diplomatic] deals to close, for the threats to Israel to be removed, and for the broader Middle East region to gain greater stability.”
