A US official threatened Iran on Friday that it would face “cataclysmic” consequences if it attacked Israel in response to the Israeli killing of Hamas’s political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran.
A senior US official told AFP that the US “would encourage the Iranians — and I know many are — not to move down that road because the consequences could be quite cataclysmic, particularly for Iran.”
The US has vowed to defend Israel if it faces a major attack from Iran and its allies and has deployed more military assets to the region for that purpose. Israel is also expecting an escalation from Hezbollah in response to the killing of Fuad Shukr, a Hezbollah military commander who was targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on July 30. Haniyeh was killed only a few hours later, early in the morning of July 31.
According to a report from The New York Times, Iran is expected to delay its reprisal attack to allow Gaza ceasefire negotiations to make progress. The report said Israel now believes the attack is not imminent and will take place at a later date.
The US official also said an Iranian attack could impede Gaza ceasefire negotiations, which the official characterized as “what we think is the best opportunity at a very comprehensive ceasefire and hostage release deal that we have had in many months.”
On Sunday, Hamas rejected the latest ceasefire proposal from the US because it included new demands from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hamas wants to implement a deal proposed by President Biden back in May, but Netanyahu is sticking to his new conditions, which make a deal unlikely.
Phucking lunatics.
To have the world empire at the beck and call of a theocratic ethnostate lunacy … who would have thunk it?
But again, no other form of govt is as prone to being influenced, if not taken over, by passionate interests of one kind or another as is a democratic republic … it is so easy for a dedicated minority to get its way on an issue because they simply care far more about it than the great majority.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GXE_n2q08Yw
Beacuse Netanhyu has me by the balls. I cant help but kick Iran's ass.
That attack will come regardless of what Iran does next. Under a Trump presidency, opening up fracking can be justified if a crisis takes place that skyrockets the oil prices. High oil price will save the petrodollar.
What once passed for a democracy and even that is questionable is now a fully fledged school yard bully. I guess we have some kind of tribal mob or an evil syndicate reminiscent of 1930s Chicago running the country
It's corporatism and modern managerialism at empire level … favorites and the connected rise to the top and all language (peace, freedom, etc.) is corrupted.
…What? …That's me being diplomatic.
At some point they have to call this bluff, … unless they really want to be an Israeli dependency.
Cataclysmic can only mean nuclear.
Good luck with that, USA. Unless you're willing to employ the first use of nukes against a non-nuke country, the US can not defeat Iran. It can cause a lot of damage to infrastructure, but the military will remain intact, the Straits of Hormuz will close, oil will cease to flow and the US economy, already under strain, will collapse until there is rioting in the streets. Meanwhile, the Axis of Resistance, including Iran, will obliterate Israel and any US troops still on the ground in the region.
Personally, I can't wait to see the US make the second biggest mistake in its history (the first being pissing off the Russians – and the next one will be pissing off China.)
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DISGUSTING DISPLAY!
The person in the dress biden is bowing before, is the defense minister of israel…
That's a custom among US presidents…!
Obama did the same to SA King…!
It took almost 3 weeks but there it is. No more just defending Israel, now it's on to Iran suffering cataclysmic consequences. The US had to wait until a little time passed by before they could whip out the big threats. That's because they know damn well if Iran had done what Israel has done and is doing, they would have already started with the cataclysmic consequences and Iran would be under an intense attack.
For Iran, it all started with the coup in 1953.
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The USA enables Israeli crimes.
IMO, the best hope is for Russia and/or China to provide the equivalent deterrence to Iran. In other words, provide Iran a nuclear umbrella.
All escalation dominance ends when both sides have nukes. USA's conventional arms superiority then comes to an abrupt stop.
The Zionist State of Israel and its number one sycophant Lindsay Graham are both suicidal.
Does The United States of America and The Zionist State of Israel have a duopoly on the ability to inflict “cataclysmic consequences”? No, that statement is to misinform and promote a false sense of strength.
Iran is not worried…! US is not the only one capable of Cataclysmic events… All Iranian missiles are locked and loaded towards Israel and US military bases in middle east…!
Why would Iran put trust in Israel and a so called peace agreement? Either put up, or shut up. If Iran doesn't want to punish Israel for their crimes, stop saying you will. Arab Nations need to STOP talking to Netanyahu/Biden and their War Criminal Representors, like Blinken. Arab/Muslim/African/Asian Nations need to unite and block all trade with Israel/USA, which they are obligated to do, because Israel/USA are committing WAR CRIMES. If this Genocide is NOT stopped, who is next? NO Nation should be in bed with Israel/USA as they are continuing their Genocide of Palestinians. Has Israel/USA heard of the Geneva Conventions?
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All of this focus on Iran's potential missile attack serves Iran's purpose of causing the West to take them more seriously.
The focus on missiles also makes it more likely Iran will respond in some other way. Personally, I'd like to see assassinations of Israeli leaders. However, there are many alternatives available to Iran, and we ought to expect they will be exploring them.
Don't forget US leaders, they are in bed with the Israelis joined at the hips like Siamese twins.
Nothing new, been going on since:
April 22, 2008: Hillary Clinton said, " I want the Iranians to know that if I'm president, we will attack Iran. In the next ten years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate tham." (ABC "Good Morning America.", quoted by Reuters, April 22, 2008)
Just gonna put this out there (not that leaders in the ASI or USA care) :
About 24% of the Islamic Republic of Iran's population is under 15 years old.
Paper Tigering…!
Washington doesn't want to have to take on Iran for Israel because the losses incurred would impact US readiness in the run-up to war with China. We're already at peak production for many weapons systems and recruiting is dropping day by day, so the clock is ticking.
China, Russia and Iran have both the Clock and the Time…!
I remember when MSNBC yanked their top-rated Phil Donahue show off the airwaves after Donahue refused to bow to demands that he tone down his anti-War rhetoric in the run up to the disastrous Iraq War:
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/phil-donahue-iraq-war
Another crock of shit that BlinkenIdgit pulls out of his behind. The ugliest, most incompetent manifestation of statecraft I have ever witnessed in my lifetime.
The Disunited States is the primary source of instability and human suffering on Earth. Famine, disease, and planetary warming are a distant fourth, by comparison.
Worst administration ever.
"Worst administration ever."
Bless the Democrats for fielding a presidency that can make even ONE person forget 8 years of Bush/Cheney…!
Did we ever have a more f****d up government then the ruling Biden regime? I am old enough to know we had plenty but this deranged bunch beats all of them even Bush/Cheney and Obama/Biden.
I’m old enough to remember Vietnam, Watergate (both of those just barely), the Iran embassy and the messed up helicopter rescue attempt, US funding of the Afghanistan insurgency versus the USSR, Iran-Contra, Grenada, Panama (the first time someone I went to boot camp with got killed), Desert Storm (I was in that one), Somalia, the Balkans, the invasion of Afghanistan, the invasion of Iraq, Libya, and Syria, and that’s just off the top of my head.
This regime is par for the course. Nothing special.
What was your MOS?
MOS is Army – maybe he wasn't in the Army?
All branches of the US armed forces use "MOS"es, but they do it different ways. For example, in the Marine Corps a basic rifleman is 0311, while in the Army it's 11B.
0341 — I was an 81mm mortar squad leader at the time.
I was a 1560 – mech infantry officer. Late ’70s. Let’s NOT thank each other for our service.
Agreed. Whenever anyone “thanks me for my service,” I generally either reply that I should apologize to, rather than be thanked by, them, or at least point out that I should be thanking them for the three hots, cot, benefits and travel opportunities.
I tell people I got drunk and stoned for 3 years and visited a lot of "massage parlors". I enjoy the looks I get.
Don’t forget the opportunity to legally kill people.
Gaza is special.
The people there are trapped in a ghetto with no where to run or hide. It might as well be the Warsaw ghetto.
I remember Vietnam and Watergate and the Pentagon papers well. This time the consequences could be much worse and we really do not know who is in charge. There is no one with common sense, no leadership. Biden is disabled and should retire. He needs to get out now not tomorrow.
It's all posturing. Iran doesn't want a war because it has invested in upending US sanctions through BRICS, and Iran will not go to war for the Sunni states who should be the first vanguard against Israel aggression. The US is like Biden, it doesn't know that its on the way out. Yes it can devastate Iran but it would devastate itself in the process. But rest assured Israel will get what it deserves in due time.