President Biden said Wednesday that he warned Iran’s leaders the U.S. would respond if Tehran does not halt a spate of proxy attacks on American troops.
President Biden and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia review a line of service members outside the White House on Wednesday. faces mounting pressure to strike Iranian proxies that have repeatedly attacked — and injured — U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria this month, but he is weighing any decision to retaliate against his broader concern that thecould be on the precipice of erupting into a regionwide tempest, according to U.S.
As the administration has surged combat power and defensive equipment to the Middle East, Republicans in Congress have implored Biden to respond to the attacks. They were joined on Wednesday by retired Gen. Joseph Votel, whose final posting, as the head of U.S. Central Command, afforded him firsthand insight into Iran’s support for militia groups throughout the Middle East.
Rep. Seth Moulton , an Iraq War veteran, said in an interview that the Middle East is a “tinderbox” at the moment, putting at odds the administration’s mandate to protect American troops with its efforts to avoid being drawn into a a larger conflict where U.S. forces also could be at risk. Biden and his top advisers, are “walking a fine line quite well,” he said, but the situation could change at any moment.“Given the volatility in the region today, I think it’s unwise for any U.S.
Like Votel, McKenzie attributed the rise in attacks on U.S. forces in part to the decision not to routinely address earlier incidents. It’s likely, he added, that Central Command will develop options to do so, and then it will be up to Biden whether and how the United States responds.“The Iranians tend to push until someone pushes back,” McKenzie said. “I would think that, at some point, you would want to push back — but that’s not a military decision.
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