EXCERPT:
KAINE: “President Biden strongly urged Israel to avoid any response once the U.S., Israel, and others very effectively defeated the missile and drone strikes that Iran launched into Israel, and that followed the Israeli attack on a consulate in Damascus that killed Iranians. The last thing we need is escalation right now. In this region, we need to de-escalate, hostage deal, ceasefire, de-escalation. That’s what we need. So, yes, I was troubled when I saw that Israel had decided to wage a strike inside Iranian territory. But it seems from what we know now to be fairly calibrated to send a message to Iran, you launched against our soil, we can reach out and touch your soil, but we’re not intending to cause great harm. And if that is the understanding now, both Iran and Israel want to show that they have capacity, but they want to de-escalate, hopefully, this will stop and there will be no more back-and-forth.”
(Via Breitbart)