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Washington Sold Out Israel’s Deterrence to Save Iran’s

President Biden and Vice President Harris meet with their national security teams in the White House Situation Room to receive a situation update and give direction on next steps.-wikipedia
President Biden and Vice President Harris meet with their national security teams in the White House Situation Room to receive a situation update and give direction on next steps.-wikipedia

Yigal Carmon
JNS, Apr. 26, 2024

“Indeed, almost no one was hurt—but Israel’s deterrence was struck down by Washington’s coordination with Iran. Israel’s deterrence was sold out to save Iran’s.”
 
To understand what happened in the Middle East overnight Saturday, one has to go back four years to the killing by the United States of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.

Iran needed to retaliate symbolically to save face, and asked to do so. The United States allowed Tehran to attack its Ayn al-Asad airbase in Iraq. Fifteen missiles were fired at the base, causing minor damage and shedding not one drop of blood, a feat for which Iran may deserve a Nobel Peace Prize.

Lt. Col. Staci Coleman, the commander of the 443rd Air Expeditionary Squadron, and members of her squadron testified that they had been briefed about an impending Iranian ballistic missile attack almost six hours before it happened. Captain Wesley Florez, the executive officer of the 1st Expeditionary Rescue Group, said that he had received information about the attack early the previous afternoon.

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