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Biden says he expects Iran to attack Israel soon, warns: 'Don't'
Reuters via MSN ^ | 04/12/2024 | Andrea Shalal

Posted on 04/12/2024 9:48:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said he expected Iran to attack Israel "sooner, rather than later" and warned Tehran not to proceed.

Asked by reporters about his message to Iran, Biden said simply, "Don't," and he underscored Washington's commitment to defend Israel.

"We are devoted to the defense of Israel. We will support Israel. We will help defend Israel and Iran will not succeed," he said.

Israel braced on Friday for an attack by Iran or its proxies as warnings grew of retaliation for an attack on Iran's embassy compound last week in Damascus that killed a senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' overseas Quds Force and six other officers.

Israel did not claim responsibility for the airstrike on April 1. But Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Israel "must be punished and shall be" for an operation he said was equivalent to an attack on Iranian soil. Biden said he would not divulge secure information, but said his expectation was that an attack by Iran could come "sooner, rather than later." He spoke to reporters at the White House after a virtual speech to a civil rights conference.

The U.S. rushed warships into position to protect Israel and American forces in the region, hoping to head off a direct attack from Iran on Israel that could come as soon as Friday or Saturday, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

The moves by the U.S. that are part of an effort to avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East came after a warning from a person familiar with the matter about the timing and location of the potential Iranian attack, the newspaper said.

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1 posted on 04/12/2024 9:48:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Asked by reporters about his message to Iran, Biden said simply, "Don't," ...

Wasn't that his one word policy statement to Russia about invading Ukraine?

2 posted on 04/12/2024 9:52:32 PM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe Iran will have their proxies do it, so Iran can have plausible deniability.


3 posted on 04/12/2024 9:53:25 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: SeekAndFind

I am sure the Iranians are shaking in their boots and will immediately obey. /Sarc


4 posted on 04/12/2024 9:56:20 PM PDT by Jean2
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To: SeekAndFind

And he followed it up with a stern, “Come on, man!”


5 posted on 04/12/2024 9:59:08 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: SeekAndFind

Setting up for an October surprise?


6 posted on 04/12/2024 10:02:50 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: SeekAndFind

I expect this everyday.

They’ve been attacking via proxy for decades on end.

The dog barking is usually not the one that bites.

I have seen the future though-if some this time is different attack does materialize-

it will immediately be called a false flag, US and Israel were after escalation all along, This ofc despite Iran escalating for seven straight months.


7 posted on 04/12/2024 10:11:12 PM PDT by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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To: TigersEye

*Biden said*.. They report as if he is the President and has something to say to the enemy..
It isn’t Biden.. The enemy is not threatened by the demintia patient the democrats have installed..

How embarrassing! And how dangerous to not have a legit strong President. You guys.. Have really messed everything up to a place not seen before.

And Biden isn’t making decisions.. He and the other guy do not like the Jews..


8 posted on 04/12/2024 10:11:12 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: SeekAndFind

My mother says TV news keep saying Iranian attack on Israel within 48 hours. I have my doubts about intelligence forecasts on this issue.


9 posted on 04/12/2024 10:12:08 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Says the guy that gave them $6 billion.


10 posted on 04/12/2024 10:21:35 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: SeekAndFind

"The Tater Warns Iranians Not To Crap In His Adult Diapers While He's Not Looking"


11 posted on 04/12/2024 10:51:08 PM PDT by kiryandil (what Ukrainian electrical grid doink?)
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To: PghBaldy

I would expect considerable effort is being made to disrupt Iranian communications to frustrate their efforts to coordinate a large attack. That alone might delay said attack.


12 posted on 04/12/2024 10:56:37 PM PDT by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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To: SeekAndFind
The U.S. rushed warships into position to protect Israel and American forces in the region...

Hopefully the practice we've been getting, shooting down Houthi missiles and drones, pays off. I know we have a pilot flying a Harrier off the USS Bataan who scored 7 drone kills B4 the Bataan was ordered back to the Med, months ago. Our pilots claimed they've learned a lot.

13 posted on 04/12/2024 11:19:29 PM PDT by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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To: TigersEye

Unlike Ukraine, Israel has nuclear weapons. I expect that Biden will give Israel at least a tacit approval to use them against Iran if that country attacks.


14 posted on 04/12/2024 11:21:05 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king (Just a Texas Playboy at heart)
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To: ModelBreaker

(Setting up for an October surprise?)

I do believe that 2024 has the potential to be an interesting year


15 posted on 04/12/2024 11:32:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SeekAndFind

(The U.S. rushed warships into position to protect Israel and American forces in the region, hoping to head off a direct attack from Iran on Israel that could come as soon as Friday or Saturday, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.)

Interesting......🤔🤔🤔

Luke 21:34-36

✝️🙏🛐


16 posted on 04/12/2024 11:37:38 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: frnewsjunkie

FWIW he did utter the word “don’t” when asked what he would do if Iran attacked Israel but, yeah, the Tato in Chief isn’t making any decisions.

Not sure who you mean by “you guys.”


17 posted on 04/13/2024 12:10:42 AM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: Bob Wills is still the king

I wouldn’t bet on that.

In any case I hope Israel wipes Iran’s mullahs and military out completely.


18 posted on 04/13/2024 12:12:43 AM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: SeekAndFind
if they don't attack, by God Buyden will make it seem like the did....

war and continuous war...that's what our masters want...that and a good ol scamdemic with forced injections will fill the coffers...

19 posted on 04/13/2024 12:19:16 AM PDT by cherry
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To: cherry

You reminded me:

Matthew 24:6-8
New American Standard Bible

6 And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

8 But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+24%3A6-8&version=NASB


20 posted on 04/13/2024 12:40:30 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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