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Iran warns U.S. to stay out of fight with Israel or face attack on troops

Iran sent a message to the Biden administration through several Arab countries earlier this week: if the U.S. gets involved in the fighting between Israel and Iran.

The Iranian supreme leader has threatened "punishment" for Israel but through private channels Iran has signaled it would be limited.

Israel and the U.S. think an Iranian attack would include the launch of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and attack drones from Iran to Israeli territory.

U.S. officials say the Biden administration asked Israel to notify the U.S. and for the U.S. to have a say before decisions are made about any retaliation by Israel.

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 @ISIDEWITHasked…1yr1Y

How would you feel if your country was asked to stay out of a conflict between two other nations but faced threats if it got involved?

 @9LJ64G5Liberalfrom British Columbia  answered…1yr1Y

I would feel a bit scared but I would like probably stay out of it unless I feel it’s gotten to a bad point

 @9LJ4ZDMChristian Heritagefrom British Columbia  answered…1yr1Y

Weigh your options, this question is too vague. There’s more to it.

 @9LJ3BS3from Nova Scotia  answered…1yr1Y

I would feel relieved. I would still want to help the other country, but I would be really glad that mine wasn't in danger.

 @ISIDEWITHasked…1yr1Y

Should a country always come to the defense of its allies, regardless of the consequences?

 @9LJ3BS3from Nova Scotia  answered…1yr1Y

No, there is no reason for two countries to suffer. If the country in need of help tells the other to stay away, that country should listen. After all, it was the country in need of help's choice.

 @9LJ2JCSLiberalfrom Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

Depends but you still should support your allies if it costs you, but not all the time

 @ISIDEWITHasked…1yr1Y

How would you react if your country received a direct threat from another nation for potentially involving itself in an international conflict?

 @9LJ3BS3from Nova Scotia  answered…1yr1Y

I would feel very scared. I would even consider leaving my country. I don't think anyone should have to live through a war.

 @ISIDEWITHasked…1yr1Y

Do you think it's fair for a country to ask another not to intervene in its disputes, even if the conflict could impact global peace?

 @9LJ3BS3from Nova Scotia  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, I think it is fair. Usually that country is trying to protect the other one, and it's that country's business. The one exception would be if it got really bad.

 @ISIDEWITHasked…1yr1Y

Is it more important for a country to prioritize its own safety or to stand up for its allies and principles in international conflicts?

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L.A. Times Owner Declines To Endorse Harris Over Stance On Gaza War

As the nation counted down this fall to a bitterly polarized election, the editorial board of The Los Angeles Times drew up a detailed outline for an endorsement that seemed obvious for an institution that had leaned liberal for generations: Vice President Kamala Harris should be the next president of the United States.For days, readers in overwhelmingly liberal Southern California speculated angrily about a decision that was widely regarded as a favor to Mr. Trump and a vote of no confidence in Ms. Harris.Thousands of readers canceled subscriptions. Three members of the editorial board resigned. Nearly 200 staff members signed an open letter to management demanding an explanation, complaining that the decision this close to the election had undermined the news organization’s trust with readers. The Times’s News Guild, the newsroom’s union, lodged a protest. In social media posts and subsequent interviews with his own news organization, Dr. Soon-Shiong framed the choice as an attempt at neutrality.But in a statement on Saturday that was swiftly challenged by the paper, his daughter, Nika Soon-Shiong, 31, a progressive political activist who has frequently been accused of trying to meddle in the paper’s news coverage, said the decision was motivated by Ms. Harris’s continued support for Israel in its war in Gaza.“Our family made the joint decision not to endorse a Presidential candidate. This was the first and only time I have been involved in the process,” Ms. Soon-Shiong, who has no formal role at the paper, said in a statement to The New York Times. “As a citizen of a country openly financing genocide, and as a family that experienced South African Apartheid, the endorsement was an opportunity to repudiate justifications for the widespread targeting of journalists and ongoing war on children.”The editor of editorials, who was among those who have resigned, said she was taken aback by the daughter’s assertion. “If that was the reason that Dr. Soon-Shiong blocked an endorsement of Kamala Harris, it was not communicated to me or the editorial writers,” Mariel Garza, who resigned on Tuesday, said in a statement. “If the family’s goal was to ‘repudiate justifications for the widespread targeting of journalists and ongoing war on children,’ remaining silent did not accomplish that.”

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…5mos5MO

FBI Director Chris Wray Will Resign

The F.B.I. director, Christopher A. Wray, told bureau employees on Wednesday that he intended to resign before the Trump administration begins, bowing to the reality that President-elect Donald J. Trump had publicly declared his desire to replace him.Mr. Wray made the disclosure while addressing employees Wednesday afternoon in remarks that tacitly acknowledged the politically charged position the F.B.I. now faces with an incoming president who openly scorns the agency.“I’ve decided the right thing for the bureau is for me to serve until the end of the current administration in January and then step down,” Mr. Wray said, adding, “This is the best way to avoid dragging the bureau deeper into the fray, while reinforcing the values and principles that are so important to how we do our work.”The director spoke wistfully about his time at the F.B.I. “This is not easy for me,” he said. “I love this place, I love our mission and I love our people.”The announcement comes after Mr. Trump said in late November that he intended to nominate Kash Patel, a longtime loyalist, to run the F.B.I., and more than two years before Mr. Wray’s 10-year term would have expired.Paul Abbate, the deputy F.B.I. director, is set to retire in April but would typically serve as acting director until Mr. Patel is confirmed. It is not clear who would replace Mr. Abbate, the most senior agent in the bureau.Over more than seven years, Mr. Wray oversaw one of the most consequential and tumultuous periods in the bureau’s history, juggling high-profile criminal investigations of political figures, heated congressional inquiries and two attempted assassinations of Mr. Trump.

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