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| South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham |
Several top US senators have called to `hit hard Iran after drone attacks killed three US troops and wounded many others in Jordan.
On Sunday (January 28), a drone attack took place on the US
base near the Syrian border in the northeastern region of Jordan. Three US
soldiers were killed. Another 34 people were injured.
US President Joe Biden blamed Iran-backed groups for the
attack. Immediately after the attack on Sunday, Biden said, "This attack
was carried out by a radical armed group supported by Iran."
Biden has also warned of a strong response to this attack.
He said, there is no doubt, we will catch those responsible for the attack in
time.
However, some Republican politicians, including Senator
Lindsey Graham, are not satisfied with Biden's warning. They want direct military
actions on Iran.
“Hit Iran now. Hit them hard," Lindsey Graham, Senator
from South Carolina wrote on X (formerly Twitter), adding that Secretary
Austin’s efforts to deter aggression against the US forces in the region have
failed miserably.
In another post on X he said, “I’ve long since lost
confidence in the Biden national security team to deter Iran. If they do not
change their policies now, more American service members in the region will pay
the price."
“The only thing the Iranian regime understands is force.
Until they pay a price with their infrastructure and their personnel, the
attacks on U.S. troops will continue," the U.S. senator added in another X
post.
Now
what can happen?
It remains to be seen what happens next. President Biden
pledged to hold “all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner of
our choosing”.
“While we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we
know it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in
Syria and Iraq,” he said in a statement on Sunday.
“We had a tough day last night in the Middle East. We lost
three brave souls in an attack on one of our bases,” Biden later said at a
South Carolina church. After the moment of silence, he added, “and we shall
respond”.
US and allied forces in Iraq and Syria have been targeted in
more than 150 attacks since mid-October when Israel attacked Gaza, and the US
has carried out retaliatory strikes in both countries.
