It’s being reported that Joe Biden told Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu that he would NOT defend Israel if they attack Iran’s nuclear facilities without US coordination and Iran retaliates.
This was reported by a BBC reporter, who attributed this to Israeli media:
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Here’s what Jeremy Bowen reported above, in part:
“There are reports in the Israeli media which I can’t firstly confirm…suggesting that one of the things which was said in that call was if Israel went ahead with a strike on [Iran’s] nuclear facilities without coordinating with the Americans, i.e. getting their permission, then the Americans would not use their defensive powers to protect Israel from any retaliation.”
This is outrageous.
First of all, Israel hasn’t shared any of their retaliation plans yet with the US because they know it would be immediately leaked. And I think that’s one of the reasons why Biden is making these demands of Netanyahu regarding Iran’s nuclear facilities. The US wants to know Israel’s plans so they can leak them.
But even moreso, Biden doesn’t want Netanyahu hitting Iran’s nuclear power plants because he’s scared of Iran. I get that they don’t want a wider war to begin and I don’t think Netanyahu wants that either, considering all the defensive wars he has on his plate right now.
Still, this is the best time to make a dent in Iran’s nuclear plans and Netanyahu should take advantage of it and Biden should help protect Israel if Iran retaliates. End of story.
Bidn is nothing but a bully and a coward. He should always have Netanyahu’s back because much of this is his fault anyway. He’s the one who gave Iran billions of dollars and they are using that to fund their terrorist activities against Israel. None of this would be happening if it weren’t for his weak leadership.
