Less than 72 hours before the first debate of the US presidential election, Joe Biden's White House is bumbling.
On Sunday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown made the extraordinary claim that America will not protect Israel in a war with Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorists.
'The U.S. won't likely be able to help Israel defend itself against a broader Hezbollah war as well as it helped Israel fight off an Iranian barrage of missiles and drones,' Brown told reporters.
By Monday, U.S. officials were backtracking, reportedly issuing a rare warning through intermediaries to the Iranian-backed terror group.
Two U.S. officials told Politico that Hezbollah cannot count on America to stop Israel from launching an attack on Lebanese soil. The officials said, the terrorists 'need to understand that Washington will help Israel defend itself' against any counter-aggression.
Reasonable enough. After all, we don't negotiate with terrorists.
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