How did we get from “the U.S. will support Israel’s attack on Iran” to “the U.S. will attack Iran”????
NBC News reports that US military officials have discussed launching “very limited” airstrikes against Iranian targets inside Iran or outside of the country. Even though Israel has reportedly not briefed the U.S. on its plans to retaliate against Iran, the U.S. is ready to strike nevertheless.
President Biden is reportedly scheduled to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Matthew Miller from the U.S. State Department was pushed on the U.S. support for Israel by several reporters. Said Arikat, a professor and former UN spokesperson, asked why the U.S. has given Israel almost $23 billion and has no leverage over what they do with it.
The Grayzone’s Liam Cosgrove asked Miller about “arming militaries that are striking in territories with nuclear power” while denying accountability for the civilian deaths in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon. Miller could not answer for this but suggested that Cosgrove give a speech somewhere else in Washington. To which he replied: “People are sick of the bullshit here. It is a genocide. You are abedding it. And you are risking nuclear war in Ukraine and Iran!”
Another thing Miller said merits attention. He said “We do support Israel launching these incursions to degrade Hezbollah’s infrastructure.” Journalist Aaron Maté said this about it: “The use of term ‘Hezbollah infrastructure’ is revealing. Miller could have said ‘Hezbollah military targets’. But he knows that Israel is also destroying Lebanese civilian infrastructure, and he’s signaling that the US is fully on board with that too, just as it is in Gaza.”
