Joe Biden reacted to Iran’s strike on an Iraqi military base that houses U.S. military forces by saying he was not surprised, though he noted that he was reacting generally and details were still developing.

“What’s happening in Iraq and Iran today was predictable,” the former vice president, 77, said at a campaign fundraiser in the Philadelphia suburb of Gladwyne on Tuesday evening, according to a pool report. “Not exactly what’s happening, but the chaos that’s ensuing.”