Procrustes Stretched
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Iran and its proxy groups? While the rightwing warmongers screamed for the blood of Tehran, President Biden allowed his decades of experience and a cool head to dictate response(s). Incredible leader, that Joe is.
Biden responded:
The clear message was that other Iranian commanders would be next if they didn’t knock off their attacks against U.S. troops. And guess what? Iran did stop. Things could change at any moment, but a senior U.S. defense official told me last week that there hasn’t been an Iranian-directed attack against a U.S. military base in either Syria or Iraq since Feb. 4. By contrast, there were at least 170 such attacks between Oct. 7 and Feb. 4.
Biden responded:
The clear message was that other Iranian commanders would be next if they didn’t knock off their attacks against U.S. troops. And guess what? Iran did stop. Things could change at any moment, but a senior U.S. defense official told me last week that there hasn’t been an Iranian-directed attack against a U.S. military base in either Syria or Iraq since Feb. 4. By contrast, there were at least 170 such attacks between Oct. 7 and Feb. 4.
Opinion | In the shadow war with Iran, Biden just scored an unheralded victory
The U.S. military forcefully responded after its outposts in Iran and Syria were attacked. Now, the mullahs in Tehran have backed off.
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