JUST IN: State Department Holds A Press Briefing As Tensions Between Israel And Iran Grow

On Wednesday, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller answered reporter questions during a press briefing.

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[PKP]

Everyone has the right to protect themselves!

[billperdue]

Pretending like you're telling Israel not to escalate while covering for Israel's escalations... that man has got to be exhausted doing such mental gymnastics

[SuperBase]

The only problem which escalated the tensions in those regions for decades is USA presence.

[bigalthelegend]

Nothing new was ever said in these. We don’t want to escalate blah blah.

[datroofboa]

What the USA really means is that no one but Israel can escalate 😅

[maqsoo]

If Hamas is terrorist, why you are negotiating with them .
It is double standards

[Hank-xv]

Stand together brothers million are fallowing

[SubtleReed]

I don't believe anything you say carries any weight to anyone important.

[starfish]

What waste of tax payers money to pay this BS talking head😮

[TheParallelSound]

Cant trust a guy who comes out smiling when about to discuss warfare and the loss of life.

[dreammagicentertainm]

Blinken is made of glass, you can see right through him.

[tishawilliams]

His smirks & laughing under his breath is so disrespectful.

[shvsing-tbym]

Talk, talk and more talk and nothing is getting better!

[feyselmohammed]

All know that the negotiators was dead the only tricks here is negotiations just to buy time for their next action to speedup doomsday to happen

[Makerx]

How long do negotiations take? Really? This is silly

[victorlozano]

What's wrong with this guy, 8 months ago he repeating this same

[citizenbobx]

What's this guy finding so funny?

[staticcouch]

The smirker says something without saying anything but lies. So yeah we see through you. Here is what America would have said in defense of the Fourth Reich.

[majeedyousif]

He is so fluent in describing Russia's illegal occupation of Ukrainian land but mute on Israeli occupation of Palestine and he says he speaks for the US government.

[kellylough]

State of Israel Dept.
The 51st State treated #1 above the other 50.
"Impressing upon not to take any further steps to escalate the current situation", then continues to fully arm the 51st state