Q: Biden Message “Don’t” Is Not Getting Through, No Additional US Strikes on Iran-Backed Proxies

John Kirby: Biden Believes Strikes Against Iran-Backed Proxies Weeks Ago Was Strong Enough Pushback

“We’re now up to 40 [attacks on U.S. forces in the Middle East] since October 17, with 46 servicemembers being injured … does the president think that the action that was taken a couple weeks ago to push back on this was enough?”

KIRBY: Yes

Kirby On Why Biden’s Message Of “Don’t” Is Not Getting Through: “You’d Have To Talk To The Proxies”

“On the Iranian proxies, why isn’t the president’s message of ‘don’t’ getting through?”

JOHN KIRBY: “You’d have to talk to the proxies”

John Kirby: No Additional US Strikes Against Iran-Backed Proxies Who Are Attacking Our Forces

Top Biden spokesman John Kirby says there have been no additional strikes against Iran-backed proxies who have attacked U.S. forces in the Middle East

Kirby On If Policy Remains Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan Heights: “Let Me Get Back To You On That”

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“Is that still the Biden administration’s policy that you believe that Israel has sovereignty over the Golan Heights?”

KIRBY: “Let me get back to you on that”

Q: Biden Message “Don’t” Is Not Getting Through, No Additional US Strikes on Iran-Backed Proxies

Key Points

John Kirby: Biden Believes Strikes Against Iran-Backed Proxies Weeks Ago Was Strong Enough Pushback

“We’re now up to 40 [attacks on U

• forces in the Middle East] since October 17, with 46 servicemembers being injured
• does the president think that the action that was taken a couple weeks ago to push back on this was enough
• ”

KIRBY: Yes

Kirby On Why Biden’s Message Of “Don’t” Is Not Getting Through: “You’d Have To Talk To The Proxies”

“On the Iranian proxies, why isn’t the president’s message of ‘don’t’ getting through

Transcript Highlights

Transcribed from the video audio:

• On the Iranian proxies, why isn’t the president’s message of Dome getting through that
• You’d have to talk to the the the proxies there
• What I would tell you is that they continue to attack American troops and facilities at their own peril and we will we will do what we need to do
• The president will make decisions on his own terms and in his own way about better protecting those those troops and facilities that they continue to do this at their own peril
• Do you see, does the president see the new axis of evil, Russia, Iran and China
• The president is not slapping bumper stickers on axes of evil
• I don’t want to, Karina will kill me if I stand up here and talk much longer but I mean there’s a you and I could have an hour long discussion about the things that this president has done to
• troops, it will now up to 40 since October 17th with 46 service members being injured or reporting traumatic brain injuries
• Does the president think that the action that was taken a couple weeks ago to push back on this was enough
• The president felt like those were two legitimate targets directly tied to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps that supports these