Wtf does the USA want. Do they want war with Iran or not?
This is not helpful
Iran’s attack on Israel was ‘spectacular’ failure, White House says
Iran’s massive aerial attack on Israel was a “spectacular and embarrassing failure”, the White House said, after US forces helped shoot down most of the missiles and drones fired by Tehran.
“We’ve seen reporting that the Iranians meant to fail, and this spectacular and embarrassing failure was all by design,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told a briefing.
“All of this is categorically false.”
Iran’s attack was a response to the killing of seven Iranian officers in a suspected Israeli strike on the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus, Syria, on April 1.
Iran already stated they're happy with what they achieved, showing force but not further escalating tensions. They got applauded at home and by their proxies without killing anyone. The US keeps on provoking.
Same as Israel
Bombs and viruses: The shadowy history of Israel’s attacks on Iranian soil
From cyberattacks and assassinations to drone strikes, Israel-linked plots have targeted Iran and its nuclear programme for years.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/15/bombs-and-viruses-the-shadowy-history-of-israels-attacks-on-iranian-soil
Israeli military chief warns there will be a ‘response’ to Iranian missile attack
Herzi Halevi has told soldiers that Iran’s attack on the country “will be met with a response”.
“When we look ahead, we consider our steps. The launch of so many cruise missiles and drones into Israeli territory will be met with a response,” Halevi was quoted by local media as saying during a visit to a military base that was lightly damaged in the attack.
He made the comments as Israel’s war cabinet convened again to discuss how to respond to the attack, the first time Iran has launched a direct military assault on Israel. Iran carried out the attack two weeks after a deadly strike on its consulate in Syria’s capital, Damascus, which Tehran blames on Israel.
US talks of de-escalation but also says it will defend Israel no matter what
The US has been saying for some considerable time that they are claiming the credit for part of the operation that downed a great deal of the Iranian missiles. They’re defensive about the idea that there were sanctions, an embargo on some of the Iranian missile programmes, which lapsed in October.
They’re saying that they still have sanctions in place that have made it much more difficult for Iran to do business and much more difficult to get material to build ballistic missiles. They also say some of the Iranian missiles were of inferior quality, which, reading between the lines, the Americans are suggesting led to such a failure on Saturday with so many of the missiles being intercepted.
What is interesting is that the US is talking about de-escalation, but they also say they will defend Israel no matter what. Some people would consider that to be opening up avenues for Israel to do what it wants, knowing that the United States will also get involved.
The United States has said it will not participate in any action that leads to any sort of offensive action against Iran but it will play its part in defending Israel.
Since the lines between offense and defense have been completely erased by Israel, what is the US actually saying. The US is bombing Yemen to defend shipping containers. So bombing Iran to defend Israel is that not the same thing...
US commitment to Israel’s security ‘sacrosanct’, Miller says
Matthew Miller, the US State Department spokesperson, says that the United State’s “commitment to Israel’s security is sacrosanct”. Speaking at a press conference at the White House, Miller labelled Iran’s air attacks on Israel as “reckless escalatory acts”.
“Such behaviour threatens to destabilise the region,” he said. He added that Iran’s attack “violated the sovereignty of several states in the region”, but when asked by a reporter which states he was referring to, he declined to answer.
Pentagon to ‘take all necessary action to defend Israel and US personnel’
Pentagon spokesperson Patrick Ryder says US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, three times over the weekend. During their most recent call, they reviewed “the successful combined operation by the United States, Israel and their partners to defend Israel from these unprecedented attacks by Iran and its proxies,” he said.
Ryder also said “that while the United States does not seek escalation, we will continue to take all necessary action to defend Israel and US personnel”. He later added that US aircraft were involved in intercepting more than 80 of Iran’s UAVs fired at Israel.
“We’re going to continue to stay in close consultation with our Israeli partners, as we have done throughout the weekend”, he said, adding, “We don’t seek wider regional conflict”.
Then stop provoking and end the ongoing genocide that led to all of this.
