With worst-case scenario averted for now, White House and Harris campaign still face a serious risk in Middle East conflict
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Ten days before the American presidential election, uncontrollable war in the Middle East appears to have been avoided for now, much to the relief of President Joe Biden’s aides at the White House and Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign team in Delaware.
Ten days before the American presidential election, uncontrollable war in the Middle East appears to have been avoided for now, much to the relief of President Joe Biden’s aides at the White House and Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign team in Delaware. “It looks like they didn’t hit anything other than military targets. My hope is this is the end,” Biden said Saturday after receiving an update on the situation from his intelligence analysts. Such an outcome was hardly a foregone conclusion at the start of this month, when a massive Iranian ballistic missile barrage launched on Israel led to fears of major, escalatory reprisal — potentially targeting Iranian nuclear or oil sites. Still, if in Biden’s mind a worst-case scenario was prevented, the larger knot that is the Middle East conflict remains as firmly gnarled as ever. The direct attack inside Iran brings the region to a new, more dangerous place, with Tehran now mulling its own response to the response. Biden and Harris joined a call Saturday with their national security team and were briefed on the the latest developments in the region according to the White House. “This morning, President Biden convened a call with Vice President Harris and their national security team to receive a briefing and discuss the latest developments in the Middle East following Israel’s precise response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack on October 1st,” the White House said.
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