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Biden voices hope Iran will stand down
2024-08-05
I hope my hair grows back too.
[GEO.TV] US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences...
expressed hope Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
would stand down despite its threat to avenge the liquidation of Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
’ leader in Tehran, as fears mounted that Israel’s war against Paleostinians in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
could escalate into a wider Middle East conflict.

Regional tensions have soared following the liquidation of Ismail Haniyeh
...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank...
, Hamas' top leader, on Wednesday, a day after an Israeli strike in Beirut killed Fuad Shukr, a senior military commander from the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which like Hamas is backed by Iran.

Iran and Hamas have blamed Israel for Haniyeh’s killing, and they, together with Hezbollah, have vowed Dire Revenge.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Iran was supposed to attack today according to some reports. They might wait until after the O Islamic C or a few days after that.
Posted by: Lord Garth    2024-08-05 19:52  

#4  Well, we're saved, then.
Posted by: ed in texas   2024-08-05 19:34  

#3  Maybe if T(eleprompter)OTUS wrings his hands while whining, they'll listen.
Posted by: Mercutio   2024-08-05 09:28  

#2  Well, at least, he's still in control (now matter how nominal). Kamala would, probably, order US forces in ME to assist Iran.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-08-05 04:14  

#1  Biden to meet with national security team ahead of anticipated Iranian attack against Israel

Guess they were concerned 'The Situation Room' might confuse Joe.
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-08-05 00:10  

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