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A top official from the Biden administration has said that he is supportive of President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran from June of last year and suggested that Joe Biden may have done the same if he had been elected to a second term in office. Amos Hochstein, senior energy adviser to Biden within the State Department, said that the Biden administration had modeled similar scenarios to last…

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[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

No Biden would not. He would have listened to military end strategic experts and only attacked Iran if/when there was a good plan in place regarding the straight. The Biden admin might have been just as aggressive, but not so idiotic.

[–] pfried@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago

And if the reporter had watched just one more minute of the video, she would have learned this too. He said that Biden might have bombed the nuclear facility. In the next minute, he said that Biden wouldn't have done the things after, including the war.

Video: https://youtu.be/NuhJS1d-F6Y

Transcript: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-the-nation-full-transcript-04-19-2026/

"But we – he said, we obliterated their nuclear program. The question then is not about what he did in June. This war we were in now did not attack the nuclear facilities again. This was not about the nuclear."

[–] UsernameHere@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Iran has been arming Russia for the genocide in Ukraine. More countries should be holding them accountable.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The us has been arming far far more, including everyone's favourite. Why the double standard?

[–] UsernameHere@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What double standard?

The double standard where someone would say ‘America bad for arming other nations but it’s ok for Iran to do it’?