Three US soldiers were killed in a drone strike in Jordan on Sunday. According to the United States, armed groups supported by Iran are behind the attack.
President of the United States Joe Biden is between wood and bark in the Middle East. This is what the American newspapers, among others, judge The Washington Post and The New York Times.
On Sunday, three US soldiers were killed in a drone strike in Jordan near the Syrian border. According to the United States, armed groups operating in Syria and Iraq, supported by Iran, are behind the attack.
The groups have already carried out more than 160 drone strikes against US forces since the outbreak of the Gaza war. However, Sunday’s attack was the first in which American soldiers were killed.
The reason for the deception of the US outpost’s air defenses is still being investigated. According to preliminary investigations by the Pentagon, the Ministry of Defense, it seems that the air defense was disrupted due to a US aircraft that returned to the outpost at the same time.
So the enemy’s drone was mistaken for one’s own.
The death of US soldiers increases the political weight of the case.
The Biden administration must respond to the attack, but it would not want to further escalate the conflict. In particular, we want to avoid a war with Iran.
Watch the video below to see how White House press secretary John Kirby balanced the matter on Monday.
On Tuesday, Biden said he had decided how the United States would respond to the attack, but would not say so in advance.
Representatives of the Republican Party have criticized Biden for not responding to the attack quickly and forcefully enough.
Some of the “hawks” who support a hard foreign policy line have already demanded that the United States strike Iran directly.
An election year will increase the number of rounds even more.
Former president Donald Trump drew a strict Iran line in his own season. Trump, who will probably become the Republican presidential candidate in the November elections, has already had time to make Biden weak.
Biden is in a crossfire in the Middle East
Iran has denied involvement in the attack and accused the United States of distorting the facts.
Watch the video below to see how Iran emphasized its commitment to diplomacy in its official statement.
However, according to the United States, Iran has been training and arming the armed groups behind the attack for years.
In an election year, Biden shouldn’t look weak, but he also doesn’t want to push his country into war. Afghanistan and Iraq have shown the consequences.
The Middle East may become a real sticking point for Biden in the election year, according to the US media.
Biden’s problem was already Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who are attacking cargo ships in the Red Sea and vowing revenge on the United States.
In addition, Biden’s support in the Democratic Party is eaten by his support for Israel in the Gaza war.
The situation is not made easier by the fact that the prime minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has hardly heeded the Biden administration’s pleas to ease military action in Gaza and do more to protect civilians.
Source: AP