US President Joe Biden has condemned Iranian attacks on military facilities in Israel, pledging a coordinated Group of Seven (G7) diplomatic response while highlighting the United States’s help in taking down “nearly all” of the attacking drones and missiles.

Biden, who cut short a trip to Delaware and returned to Washington, DC to meet advisers over the late Saturday night attack, said in a statement released by the White House that the US forces and facilities had not been hit.

The US president said he reiterated the “ironclad” support for Israel’s security in a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with whom he has had strained relations over Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza.

“Tomorrow, I will convene my fellow G7 leaders to coordinate a united diplomatic response to Iran’s brazen attack,” he said.

“And while we have not seen attacks on our forces or facilities today, we will remain vigilant to all threats and will not hesitate to take all necessary action to protect our people,” he said.

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They don’t get a choice. That’s on us.

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They do get a choice. They willingly joined an organization with a terrible track record.

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After growing up in a soup of propaganda? Where many of them have no other means to escape poverty?

And it would have a better track record if we didn’t use it so badly.

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Still a choice, I choose to live in poverty over joining the military. Tens of millions of Americans living in poverty make that choice.

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I highly doubt that there is no career option or field for them to go into other than mass murder. It doesn’t even pay that well! It’s just mid pay with good benefits.

Would you excuse someone becoming a hitman for the money? A mass murderer is far worse.

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