White House Spokesman Says Biden ‘Not
Looking for War with Iran’ as Republicans
Demand Harsh Retaliation for Strike
National Review,
by
Haley Strack
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
1/29/2024 9:42:15 AM
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Monday morning that the White House is not looking to escalate the conflict in the Middle East, even as Republicans urge the administration to retaliate against Iran directly after the country’s proxies killed three American troops and wounded 25 others in a drone strike on U.S. forces in Jordan on Sunday.
“We are not looking for war with Iran,” Kirby said during an appearance on NBC’s Today.
“Obviously, these attacks keep coming. We’ll keep looking at the options,” Kirby continued. “I can’t speak for the Supreme Leader or what he wants or he doesn’t want. I can tell you what we want.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
mean Gene 1/29/2024 9:46:40 AM (No. 1646680)
joe's part of the uniparty pushes the buttons and the RINO's part of the same uniparty dances to the tune.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 1/29/2024 9:54:20 AM (No. 1646688)
Iran - - and China - - and Russia - - and Ukraine - - and Kazakhstan - - OWN Despicable Joe - - OWN him 100%.
Despicable Joe dares not do anything to upset them - - because they can destroy him in the blink of an eye - - or a fall up a step.
That's where we are, folks - - a stolen election from a feckless Pubbie establishment - - has put the future of our great nation in perilous jeopardy.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Bogasso 1/29/2024 9:54:35 AM (No. 1646690)
Maybe not the wisest thing to pine for war while Captain Wrong Way Peachfuzz is at the helm.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Kate318 1/29/2024 9:54:48 AM (No. 1646691)
No, they’d much rather go to war against their own citizens.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Nimby 1/29/2024 9:58:34 AM (No. 1646695)
What is Kirby blathering on? The demented fool got us into 3 wars
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
valinva 1/29/2024 9:59:21 AM (No. 1646697)
I guess Joe and Kirby do not understand that the words "Death to America" repeated over and over mean that the Supreme leader actually means Death to America.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Krause 1/29/2024 10:09:07 AM (No. 1646703)
Don’t forget the War against Trump.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Laotzu 1/29/2024 10:11:01 AM (No. 1646705)
Remember back when Iranians were taking to the streets against their totalitarian regime and Obama told Americans to stay out of it?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Dreadnought 1/29/2024 10:27:56 AM (No. 1646715)
Would there be all-out war with Iran if the US struck Iran within its borders? The Israelis know better. They operate (and strike) within Iran often and consider the nation to be demonstrably rotten and weak on the inside (like tree rot or the former Soviet Union.) It's why Iran operates militarily through proxies.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
stablemoney 1/29/2024 10:31:40 AM (No. 1646720)
When will Republicans demand retaliation for the invasion into Texas?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
FJB 1/29/2024 11:02:31 AM (No. 1646736)
Hang tight, Joe. Why not pack off another couple of pallets of cash?
That'll teach 'em.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
formerNYer 1/29/2024 11:12:04 AM (No. 1646747)
NeoCons looking for the military stocks to go up. Hit Iran where it really hurts in their oil drilling and refinerieries.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bighambone 1/29/2024 11:16:48 AM (No. 1646753)
With Biden's history, chances are if he approve a retaliateory counter strike against the so-called Iranian proxies who carried out the missile attack against that small US base killing and wounding over 30 US military service members, that he will have his leftist and socialist Democrat diplomatic flunkies contact the Iranians to tell them when and where his counter strike will happen so that the Iranians can get out of the way, thus making that strike like hitting the Iranians with "a wet noodle" while putting the lives of Americans carrying out that strike in danger. Remember Biden reportedly already did that before the recent retaliatory strike against the Houthi's facilities in Yemen.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DVC 1/29/2024 11:36:11 AM (No. 1646770)
Iran is AT WAR with the USA! We need to strike back. Their surrogates have attacked our ships time and time again.
Joe wants to do Valerie Jarrett's bidding, and that is do everything possible to help Iran gain power and get their nukes.
They are VERY close to having multiple nuclear bombs. Very close. And the WILL use them.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 1/29/2024 12:24:59 PM (No. 1646846)
If I recall correctly, Biden was the lone holdout on taking out Bin Ladin. Doesn't sound like the type to start a war. Unless he wants to start several at once and leave them to Trump and overburden America. The Democrats will be looking to do something like that if Trump wins. They will want to derail Trump and take power out of his hands. They did it before with the pandemic. They will try again, but probably won't use a pandemic this time.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Venturer 1/29/2024 12:34:36 PM (No. 1646854)
We already have war with Iran. They are using others to fight it while we do nothing to stop them.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
daisey 1/29/2024 12:55:38 PM (No. 1646877)
The spokesman meant Obama is not looking for war with Iran. He misspoke. As for Joe, he hasn’t got a clue.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
mifla 1/30/2024 6:51:12 AM (No. 1647318)
Translation: Joe is afraid of Iran. He only beats up on Americans.
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