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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu May 10, 2018, 10:11 AM May 2018

White House slams Iran for suspected strikes on Israel

Source: Politico




By ELI OKUN 05/10/2018 09:27 AM EDT

The White House on Thursday condemned rocket attacks that Israel says Iran launched overnight from its bases in Syria amid rapidly escalating tensions in the region.

“We strongly support Israel’s right to act in self-defense,” the White House said in a statement. “The Iranian regime’s deployment into Syria of offensive rocket and missile systems aimed at Israel is an unacceptable and highly dangerous development for the entire Middle East.”

Israel and Iran have engaged in multiple rounds of attacks since President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he would break the Iran nuclear deal.

The Israeli military said Iran had fired rockets at soldiers in the Golan Heights — apparently the first time Iran has done so — though all were intercepted or fell short of their targets. Israel then conducted retaliatory strikes against dozens of Iranian facilities in Syria, also taking out Syrian air defense systems.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/10/white-house-iran-israel-579903

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White House slams Iran for suspected strikes on Israel (Original Post) DonViejo May 2018 OP
How Soon Will We Be In A War In The Mideast?..... global1 May 2018 #1
Yeah, Bolton has had a hard-on for war with Iran for decades Blue_Tires May 2018 #2
not to defend the useful idiots alp227 May 2018 #3
I'll hazard a guess and say she wouldn't have hired Bolton for NSA Blue_Tires May 2018 #4
The Junior Senator from NY MythosMaster May 2018 #5
Iraq had jack shit to do with 9/11 IronLionZion May 2018 #7
No kidding. MythosMaster May 2018 #8
I really don't see that happening. bearsfootball516 May 2018 #6
Don't ever underestimate the idiocy of MythosMaster May 2018 #9
"aimed at Israel" apparently meaning "aimed at Israeli soldiers" muriel_volestrangler May 2018 #10
After fifty years of Israeli occupation and settlement, ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2018 #11

global1

(25,166 posts)
1. How Soon Will We Be In A War In The Mideast?.....
Thu May 10, 2018, 10:19 AM
May 2018

This all seems to be choreographed by Trump and Bibi. The pulling out of the Iran Agreement. Bibi's so called evidence that Iran is cheating on the deal.

Is this all orchestrated to get us into a war by Nov 2018? Is this Trump and the Repugs plan - to hold onto power in the House and Senate? Will Trump suspend Nov Midterms if we're in a war situation?

Every day I feel more manipulated by Trump and the Repugs.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
2. Yeah, Bolton has had a hard-on for war with Iran for decades
Thu May 10, 2018, 10:24 AM
May 2018

and going back on the deal was step one in building the foundational framework in the case for going to war...

Of course the useful idiots on the left still want to tell me Hillary was the REAL warmonger...

alp227

(31,959 posts)
3. not to defend the useful idiots
Thu May 10, 2018, 10:28 AM
May 2018

But Clinton did vote for the Iraq War in 2002 as Senator and supported intervention in Libya in 2011 as Secretary of State, so her past actions provide a credible pattern of prediction.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
4. I'll hazard a guess and say she wouldn't have hired Bolton for NSA
Thu May 10, 2018, 10:41 AM
May 2018

and while the aftermath in Libya has been horribly mismanaged, there's no debate that getting Gaddafi out was the right move...

Nevermind the fact that Trump has increased drone strikes and those same useful idiots who were so vocal against Obama have been dead silent since January 2017...

MythosMaster

(443 posts)
5. The Junior Senator from NY
Thu May 10, 2018, 11:29 AM
May 2018

was between a rock and hard place on that vote, seeing NY bore the brunt of the attacks on 9/11.

For the record, it wasn't a vote for war but to give the pResident authorization to use force IF Saddam did not comply with UN inspectors, which he did.

w went to war under false pretenses.

IronLionZion

(45,250 posts)
7. Iraq had jack shit to do with 9/11
Thu May 10, 2018, 12:04 PM
May 2018

It was Saudis and other American allies in the region supporting Al Qaeda

bearsfootball516

(6,369 posts)
6. I really don't see that happening.
Thu May 10, 2018, 11:42 AM
May 2018

After the disaster that was Iraq, neither Republican nor Democratic voters want to be in another war in the Middle East that costs hundreds of trillions of dollars and thousands of lives. It’s one of the reasons Trump’s base liked him so much, because they thought he’d get us out of the Middle East for good. Going into a war with Iran would shatter his base.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,144 posts)
10. "aimed at Israel" apparently meaning "aimed at Israeli soldiers"
Thu May 10, 2018, 12:28 PM
May 2018

because the occupation of the Golan Heights by Israel hasn't been recognised by the UN.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,282 posts)
11. After fifty years of Israeli occupation and settlement, ...
Thu May 10, 2018, 06:17 PM
May 2018

... as well as Israeli administration, it's probably a "done deal", regardless of UN recognition. I don't think any recognition could be passed by the U.N.

Israel doesn't have to worry about missiles being lobbed into Israel from the heights, as long as the heights are Israeli.

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