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  1. On 4/10/2024 at 12:38 PM, Stryder1978 said:

    I've never understand why the Jewish population in America votes for the democrats when the democrats continuously choose the Pali's and Hamas over them.

    Biden vows 'ironclad' support for Israel amid Iran attack fears

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    President Joe BidenIMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES

    By Max Matza & Will Vernon
    BBC News
     

    President Joe Biden has promised Israel "ironclad" US support amid fears that Tehran could launch reprisals for an attack that killed senior Iranians.

    Mr Biden warned that Iran is threatening to launch a "significant attack" after Israel struck the Iranian consulate in Syria 10 days ago.

    "We're going to do all we can to protect Israel's security," he added.

    Earlier on Wednesday, Iran's leader said the Israeli attack in Damascus was equivalent to an attack on Iran itself.

    "When they attacked our consulate area, it was like they attacked our territory," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a televised speech.

    "The evil regime must be punished, and it will be punished."

    It is unclear what form any reprisal attack would take.

    For Iran to strike Israel directly would risk an even greater escalation in the conflict, and analysts have said Iran does not have the military capability for a significant confrontation.

    A possible alternative is an attack via an Iranian proxy like Hezbollah, which has traded fire with Israel across the border from Lebanon almost daily since 8 October. Those exchanges have intensified in recent weeks.

    "Hezbollah is very capable, hundreds of thousands of rockets and missiles there, on the border that can reach all the way into southern Israel," Joe Buccino, former Communications Director at the US military's Central Command, told the BBC.

    "Hezbollah is much more capable than Hamas. So they'd have the capability to do significant damage into Israel."

    On Sunday an Iranian official warned Israel's embassies were "no longer safe", suggesting a consulate building could be a possible target.

    Experts have also suggested Iran could target Israel with a cyber-attack.

    Thirteen people were killed in the 1 April attack on the Iranian consulate building, including senior Iranian military leaders. Among them was Brig-Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of Iran's elite Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon.

    Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack, but is widely considered to have been behind it.

    US and Israeli forces in the region have been put on high alert in the days since. Last week the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) cancelled leave for soldiers serving with combat units and called up reservists to bolster air defence units.

    Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz responded on social media to Ayatollah Khamenei's comments by saying if Tehran attacked from its territory, Israel would react and "attack in Iran".

    Meanwhile the head of US forces in the region, Gen Michael Kurilla, is to discuss the threat of a possible Iranian attack in talks with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and army Chief of Staff Lt Gen Herzi Halevi in Israel on Thursday, according to Israeli media reports.

    Mr Biden's remarks came as he was speaking to journalists at the White House on Wednesday alongside Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

    "As I told Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu, our commitment to Israel's security against these threats from Iran and its proxies is ironclad - let me say it again, ironclad," Mr Biden said.

    His comments come one day after an interview, recorded a week ago, was aired in which Mr Biden urged Mr Netanyahu to "just call for a ceasefire" in Gaza and in which he said he disagreed with the prime minister's war strategy.

    "I think what he's doing is a mistake. I don't agree with his approach," he said in the interview with US network Univision.

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    Watch: Biden says Netanyahu making 'a mistake' in Gaza

    It also comes days after a tense phone call between Mr Biden and Mr Netanyahu in the wake of the Israeli killing of seven humanitarian aid workers in Gaza.

    Mr Biden has sharpened his rhetoric over Israel's conduct in the nearly six-month-old war sparked by Hamas's 7 October attack, and voiced his growing frustration with Mr Netanyahu. Iran backs Hamas and Iranian officials have praised the attack in which about 1,200 people were killed and 253 taken to Gaza as hostages.

    US officials have been attempting to send a message to the Iranians that, despite differences of opinion between Mr Biden and Mr Netanyahu, any attack on Israel will be met with an aggressive US response.

    In an effort to ease tensions, the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Iraq spoke to their Iranian counterpart this week, according to Axios.

    The ministers were asked to convey a message from Mr Biden's senior Middle East advisor, Brett McGurk, about the need to de-escalate.

    According to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry, more than 33,000 people - mostly women and children - have been killed in the Israeli offensive, which was triggered by Hamas's attack.

    Additional reporting by Raffi Berg

  2. 1 hour ago, hummingbird69 said:

     Great speech? Tiny error??   He mumbled and slurred his words all the way through and I bet if it had been your daughter who had her head smashed with a rock by an illegal alien I'm sure it would still be just a tiny error to you. But hey, if you want four more years of high gas prices high inflation, more war and more tiny errors I mean murders by illegals then vote for this asshole and literally be the problem.

      

    I'm a Brit, so just an outside observer, obviously then unable to vote.  But if I could it would be Blue. From what I saw of the speech there was no mumbles, no slurs, just a fully alert and completely coherent Joe Biden.

  3. On 2/11/2024 at 5:53 PM, LedZeppfan1977 said:

    This is one of the best you will see.  It had much work put into it, including writings and art dating to 720 BC.  

    Nah, sorry, thought it was utter tosh. Nothing I saw had me believing these things exist/ed.

  4. 46 minutes ago, hummingbird69 said:

    I can't wait to see what happens if Trump does win. I'm sure there will be a riot at the White House and many many never trumpers crying in their cereal, wailing in the streets, committing suicide and leaving the country. 

    Is that not what happened (riot at the Capitol Building) when Trump lost the last election. 

  5. 19 minutes ago, LedZeppfan1977 said:

    Much of the US will see this event, I am lucky enough to be in the path of totality.  Some will only see partial depending on where you are.  You may not have to drive far?  Buffalo is supposed to be in th we path around 315 pm.  Rochester, where I am , minutes after.  Several planets should be visible during this.  A comet will also pass the Earth sometime in April , there are several shows on YouTube about these astronomical events that are coming.

    Just keep your fingers crossed you're not clouded out.

  6. 2 hours ago, hummingbird69 said:

    So what you're saying is that under four years of Trump you didn't appreciate that he put more of your own money in your pocket, got rid of isis, kept the taliban quiet, set china back, kept russia quiet, kept NK quiet, didn't get the US into any new wars, created the Abraham Accords and kept the middle east quiet, ran a great economy and was bringing the country to energy independence which kept gas prices low low low and lower energy costs ??   I guess all that just wasn't what you wanted from a president.  

    Orange Man didn't put any money in chillumpuffer's pocket, nor the pocket of any other Brit.

  7. 21 minutes ago, hummingbird69 said:

    Inflation my be coming down but the price on goods isnt.  The special at the local subshop used to be 8:50 now it's 12:75 . Shrinkflation is also a thing and it's not getting any better. Many products are giving you less for more money and the base interest rate is still at 5.25% very high. The only reason gas is coming down is because it's an election year and they want to try and make themselves look like they've helped you but they did it to you in the first place. Smarten up.

    If you want to support these crooks then go ahead. I will take the four years I had under Trump over any other four years of any President. I made money, I saved money and I had extra money for the kids. That all went away under biden. Thats my proof.

    I can't give my support to anyone. I'm in the UK. Though if I could it definitely wouldn't be for Trump.

  8. On 1/24/2024 at 11:18 PM, hummingbird69 said:

    Get drunk and thank the stars he did get elected. He will turn this country around and bring back low inflation, low gas prices, get us out of the Ukraine Russia debacle and more than likely broker some kind of deal between those murderous hags and the Israelis while keeping china from invading Taiwan. He will also close the border and stop the influx of millions of illegals. If that's not good enough for you then I suggest that you go to the country of your choice and continue drinking heavily.

     

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