The New York Times: Netanjahu verzichtete nach Bidens Aufruf auf Vergeltungsmaßnahmen gegen den Iran

https://www.jns.org/nyt-netanyahu-dropped-retaliation-against-iran-after-biden-call/

32 comments

  1. Yahoo giving Biden the W now for leniency in Gaza

  2. hopefully they end up wiping out large amounts of proxy state military assets but privately as to send a strong message to Iran that 1) you can’t touch us and 2) we can certainly touch you

  4. Clever. Both US and Israel score a win here. Iran takes the big L.

  5. As an Israeli, I’m fine with this. The damage from this “attack” was so minimal compared to the vast amounts of ordnance used that it did more to harm Iran and its reputation than it did to harm Israel.

  6. If this is true it’s excellent news for once. Well I understand putting your ego aside is hard (Iran certainly did not do it this time) continuous escalation towards a full-blown war between Iran and Israel does not benefit anyone in my opinion.

  7. It’s all just theater at this point. Election years in the US are really starting to suck for the planet.

  8. Everyone foaming at the mouth for a response should head to Iran. This attack was weak at best. Now Isreal has way more support from the West for Gaza again. Including aid packages. Israel took a huge W.

  9. Yeah they probably agreed of that ahead since Israeli officials just confirmed that the next response would be after getting approval/coordination with US and major allies. The estimations is that it would probably be “secret” operations against targets like the nuclear/weapons program.

    The Israeli ministers were just ordered not to answer questions about Iran/US so the planing has already begun.

  12. But worldnews was telling me that this was impossible yesterday. There was no way so many redditors could know so little about geopolitical conflicts /s

  13. This is good. Can we please continue to calm the fuck down?

  14. It was a swing and a miss by Iran. No need for Israel to swing again.

  15. Israel will retaliate at a later date. By all measures israel won this round. Iran did no actual damage, israel killed important generals, Iran barely hit one target. No reason to escalate further at this moment.
    Wrap up the war in Gaza first, unify the country behind a government while continuing to monitor intel and take advantage of an opportunity presents itself like it did.

  17. Haters in shambles. (Not really, nothing changes anyone’s mind anymore)

  19. Some terrific leadership by President Biden. He’s got my vote.

  20. Retaliating and escalating conflict with Iran is *exactly* what Hamas wants. That’s their end game. It’s the only way Israel could actually face a serious threat. Just don’t do it, and certainly not yet.

  21. Say what you want but Biden is a classic politician who handled this situation properly.

  22. Say what you want but Biden is a classic politician who handled this situation properly.

  23. On the balance I’m glad at least we pushed back on escalation, though I don’t think we stop them from retaliating if damage was much worse.

    Which puts some credit on us participating in shoot downs last night. With understanding we were helping protect innocents and more seven year olds getting head injuries I just didn’t like that we were directly participating.

    But seeing it helped reduce damage and convince Bibi dipshit to chill (if that holds) is a good thing.

  24. Biden continuing to lead the world in the right direction

  25. The actual NYT reporting is more nuanced than this article suggests. It sounds more like Israel had plans to *immediately* retaliate – probably in a substantial way – and *those* plans were called off. A quote from the same NYT report:

    *“Israel’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant, said early Sunday that the confrontation with Iran was ‘not over yet.’”*

    There could barely be a more perfect off-ramp so I’m hopeful it is taken, but Netanyahu has pretty strong domestic interest in this escalating. Plus he’s basically just proven Iran to be a paper tiger so (and I’m not endorsing this position) why not hit a few strategically important Iranian nuclear facilities knowing they likely can’t do meaningful damage to the homeland in response.

    Hopefully he takes the off-ramp, but I wouldn’t consider this situation less volatile quite yet.

  26. All of the “Israel secretly controls the US” mfs are awfully quiet today

  27. Well I mean…

    Iran : hey we are gonna lob some rockets at you… next week.”

    IDF/US: okay so let’s load up.

    Iran fires off 300+ missiles most of which were shot down. “Okay, we have concluded our retaliation!”

    The world: what the fuck was that? Did they even try? Was this a War Game to test friendly hostilities?

    (Let’s see if any weapons manufacturers stocks went up)

  28. 300 drones and missiles to seriously wound 1 little girl who was Muslim.

    Iran is pathetic.

  29. We are so lucky that Biden is president right now. Imagine the shit show that would be going on under Trump.

  30. At least we have some foreign policy pros instead of the trump lackeys looking for a payoff

  31. Now, can Biden simply get putler on the phone next,and tell him to stop too?

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