PNN – US President Joe Biden said during his speech at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York: Iran’s massive drone and missile attack on Israeli (regime) was a devastating attack, and I appreciate the US military helping Tel Aviv defend against this attack.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, citing the ABC News website, Biden, who went to this military academy to participate in the graduation ceremony of students, claimed, referring to the ongoing conflicts in Europe and the Middle East: There has never been a time in the history of the United States when we have asked our military forces to perform different missions simultaneously in different parts of the world, from supporting the defense of Ukraine to facilitating humanitarian aid to Gaza and defending Israel against Iranian attacks.
Biden said: There are no American soldiers currently fighting in Ukraine, and I am determined to maintain this situation, but we stand firmly by Ukraine and we will stand by them.
The American president also praised the role of the American army in sending food to the Palestinians through the sky, without mentioning the brutal attacks of the Zionist army on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Biden further pointed to the role of the US military forces in repelling Iran’s drone and missile attacks on the Zionist regime, which were carried out in response to this regime’s aggression against Iran’s consulate in Syria, and said: Iran’s massive drone and missile attack on Israel was a devastating attack, and I appreciate the US military for responding quickly and helping Tel Aviv defend against this attack.
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He continued: In the face of this recent unprecedented attack by Iran, we brought together our partners and even the Arab countries to repel this huge attack.
The American president also mentioned the drone attack on the American military base in Jordan: We will respond to any attack against our forces as we did when three of our soldiers were killed in Jordan.
He went on to praise the efforts of his government’s diplomacy in establishing contact with the countries of the Middle East region to reduce tensions in this region, and added: I support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza that allows the hostages to return to their homes.
Continuing his speech, the President of the United States expressed his satisfaction that during the last year the rate of sexual assault and harassment among the United States military forces has decreased for the first time in the past decade, noting that, of course, there is a lot of work to be done in this field.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced the firing of dozens of drones and missiles towards the occupied territories and positions of the Zionist regime.
It is stated in the notice of the IRGC: In response to the numerous crimes committed by the Zionist regime, including the attack on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus and the martyrdom of a group of our country’s military commanders and advisors in Syria, the IRGC Air Force hit certain targets inside the occupied territories by firing dozens of missiles and drones.
The representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United Nations also announced: Iran’s military action was based on Article 51 of the United Nations Charter regarding legitimate defense in response to the aggression of the Zionist regime on the diplomatic places of Iran in Damascus.