According to a video clip posted by Bloomberg, the response of the “collective Biden” to the news Saturday, Oct. 26 of the Israel Defense Forces attack against Iran took all of 20 seconds.
“It looks like they didn’t hit anything other than military targets…. My hope is that this is the end,” said Joe Biden in response to a reporter’s question.
While Israel was touting its military prowess, Iran was not impressed. On Oct. 27, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded that “the evil committed by the Zionist regime two nights ago should neither be downplayed nor exaggerated,” and commented that although Iran has no plans for immediate retaliation, “It is up to the authorities to determine how to convey the power and will of the Iranian people to the Israeli regime and to take actions that serve the interests of this nation and country,” reported London’s The Guardian.
In other coverage indicative of how the British have consistently drooled over the prospect of a wider conflict, The Guardian quotes Ali Vaez, Iran Project Director and Senior Adviser to the President at the International Crisis Group, who warned that: “The biggest risk now is that having seen its regional deterrence decimated and its conventional deterrence proven inadequate, Iran might choose to go for the ultimate deterrent: crossing the Rubicon towards weaponization of its nuclear program.…”
Whereas wrote The Guardian, “Both sides want to avoid full-blown war, allies and analysts say, and have calibrated each round of attacks accordingly. But collectively the exchanges of fire have edged the region into an unprecedented high-stakes confrontation.
“‘They are in an entirely new territory now, where the old red lines have become pink and the new red lines are nebulous,’ said Vaez. ‘If the war in Gaza and Lebanon continue, Iran and Israel will inevitably find themselves on a collision course again, veering much closer to the brink of all-out war.’”
