Senator Lindsey Graham on Sunday called on President Joe Biden to "strike targets of significance inside Iran," while Senator John Cornyn said the U.S. should "target Tehran" by bombing its paramilitary forces. The future former presidential candidate Nikki Haley warned that Biden had been "weak in his treatment of Iran" and said "we should retaliate with the full force of American strength."
The casus belli this time around is much graver: Over the weekend, three American troops were killed and more than 30 injured in a drone strike at an outpost in Jordan near the Syrian border. Iran has denied involvement, but the strike was reportedly carried out by Iranian-backed militants who have been increasingly aggressive since Israel began bombing the Gaza Strip. Attacks on American forces in Syria have been frequent, while the Houthis in Yemen have been firing missiles at commercial ships in the Red Sea.
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