Biden, European leaders tell Iran to ‘stan d down’: Statement

US President Joe Biden and the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and the  
United Kingdom have issued a joint statement urging Iran to “stand down”  
regarding its threats of a retaliatory attack on Israel.

“We called on Iran to stand down its ongoing threats of a military attack  
against Israel and discussed the serious consequences for regional  
security should such an attack take place,” the leaders said after  
speaking together by phone.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/8/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-1-8-of-enclaves-population-killed-since-oct-7

The call comes at a time when Iran and Hezbollah are expected to hit  
targets in Israel in response to the assassination of a Hezbollah  
commander in Beirut and Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in  
Tehran.

### - geez looks like this is gonna be it then?

russia hopefully being kept busy elsewhere they's gonna clobber iran and  
possibly a few other islamic states at the same time whether they get  
involved or not, and coz it's all part of the same movement westerners  
ultimately wanna be rid of...

the west 'will' win it, albeit it's gonna be horrible/ugly like never  
before and untold numbers will undoubtedly die, the middle east turned  
into a smoldering ruin and possibly many other places too, it all depends  
on how far it extends and is extended to...

either way, everything's about to change and there's no tellin' who that  
it's namin'

For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'

(better getcher heads down folks, there's a storm coming...)