The news is covered and filled with this tonight.
The two sound bytes that caught my eye were the common repetitions of these two phrases.
1. This is the beginning of our response.
2. We will respond at a time and in the manner of our choosing.
I think Iran and their proxies forgot who they were screwing with.
Or, they kind of expected this. We'll see.
Some talking head from Iran was on the news but the voice over obscured what he was saying. I'll check back in a bit to see what the official line out of Tehran was.
Two days ago, they had this to say:
Iran threatens to ‘decisively respond’ to potential U.S. attacks
WorldJan 31, 2024 12:12 PM EST
JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran threatened Wednesday to “decisively respond” to any U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic following President Joe Biden’s linking of Tehran to the killing of three U.S. soldiers at a military base in Jordan.
From what I saw on TV, none of the strikes were in Iran proper. But the messaging was clear that IRGC assets/personnel were targets.
I would not mind being in the BDA cell, figuring out how the 125 strikes on 85 targets went. (Then again, I am a bit long in the tooth).
The ops planning cell at CENTAF and CENTCOM were probably living on coffee for the last five days.
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Big Pistons Forever: what do you think the Iranian response to this will be? Do you think they will ratchet it up, or go back to the war of words?
'Let all those who might seek to do us harm know this,' President Biden said in a statement announcing the attacks, 'If you harm an American, we will respond.'
More notes on the rhetoric.
''The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world,'' President Joe Biden said in a statement announcing the attacks. "But let all those who might seek to do us harm know this: If you harm an American, we will respond."
Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin indicated more strikes are likely. "Our response began today," Biden said. "It will continue at times and places of our choosing."
Austin reiterated that point, noting that the attack Friday was ''the start of our response.''