“Would the U.S. respond?” ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce asked repeatedly as the president walked away after the end of an unrelated event. He paused, thought for a moment and then returned to the lectern.
“We are devoted to the defense of Israel. We will support Israel. We will help defend Israel and Iran will not succeed,” he said.
According to one U.S. defense official, the assets being moved to the region include both “ships and aircraft.”
The attack on the Iranian embassy was retaliatory. Iran previously attacked Israel on multiple occasions with missiles that were intercepted by the Iron Dome. Israel attacked the embassy, targeting eight IRGC officers, including Mohammad Reza Zahedi, their highest-ranking commander.
That’s why Iran is pissed.
Iran did not attack israel this is twisting facts.
Has America attacked Russia by supplying Ukraine?
An embrassy is not a valid military target to begin with. it’s a blatant direct attack.
Yes, It was a direct attack on IRGC officers on Iranian soil by international law, with no civilian casualties. I won’t back most of Netanyahu’s efforts, but this was strategic military warfare. Their intent was to take out officials providing the Houthis and Hamas with weapons, resources, and intelligence to continue attacks on Israel.
You compare apples to oranges. There is a large difference in International law between supplying a sovereign nation with intel and weapons, like Ukraine, and a terrorist organization such as the Houthis. One is protected, the other is not.
Embassy staff in the diplomatic service ARE civilian casualties.
I’m sure Israel thinks breaking international laws are worth it but there’s consequences.
I only read of the seven IRGC military casualties. If there were more, I didn’t know about them.
I just read more, and you’re right. I’ll delete my comments. Thank you for prompting me to look for more information.
That’s all the media focused on but it wasn’t an empty embassy on a workday. It’s like how the world media focused on the WCK workers killed in Gaza but ignored the Palestinian drivers who also were killed.
I just read more, and you’re right. I’ll delete my comments. Thank you for prompting me to look for more information.
Umm, that’s just factually wrong.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iranian-forces-fire-rockets-at-israeli-military-in-first-direct-attack-ever-israeli-army-says/2018/05/09/62e3a526-52f7-11e8-a6d4-ca1d035642ce_story.html
That was in 2018. Things have been tense between the countries ever since.
So this is in retaliation for something that happened 5 years ago? What took them so long?
Linkerbaan said Iran didn’t attack Israel. I was just pointing out that Iran actually has a history of attacking Israel, and that Linkerbaan is factually incorrect.
A pretty arbitrary line to draw around ‘factually incorrect.’
You could’ve gone on about Lebanon and Hezbollah too and easily gone back to 2006 without a hiccup, too.
But in this discussion it’s pretty obvious the scope is well within the current events of the embassy being struck this month.