Lloyd Austin actually said...

"If this doesn't stop, then we will respond. We maintain the right to respond. We have a capability to do that, and we will respond at a time in place of our choosing."

"the goal is to keep this limited and make sure the fighting we see in Gaza does not spread to the other parts of the Middle East."

"The U.S. is worried about an escalation in the Middle East."

"Now this is no time for neutrality, or for false equivalence, or for excuse says for the inexcusable. There is never any justification for terrorism, and that's especially true after this rampage by H..."