Denison Forum
Dr. Jim Denison
How will history view the killing of three Americans in a drone attack on a US outpost in Jordan last Sunday?
US officials said yesterday that air defenses failed to stop the attack because the hostile drone homed in on its target at the same time an American drone was returning to the base. This prompted confusion over whether the incoming drone was friend or foe, delaying the activation of air defenses. The drone struck living quarters for the troops, wounding dozens in addition to the three fatalities.
A Pentagon spokesman on Monday blamed the attack on an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-backed militia and said the US was working to determine which one. “Iran continues to arm and equip these groups to launch these attacks, and we will certainly hold them responsible,” she said.
The tragedy marks the first time American troops have been killed by enemy fire in the Middle East since the Gaza war began.
Now, as the Wall Street Journal reports, “the Biden administration said it wants to respond forcefully enough to deter Iran’s allies from conducting further attacks on US forces without getting bogged down in another war in the Middle East.” More Here
