Biden to pursue 'high risk' retaliation in 'mad man' response to Iran strike
Joe Biden is to pursue a "high-risk" retaliation to the Iran strike that killed three US troops as he adopts a "mad man theory", an expert has claimed.
Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Georgia, Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23 were killed following a drone attack on Sunday.
At least 40 troops were also injured at Tower 22, a secretive base in northeastern Jordan that’s been crucial to the American presence in neighbouring Syria. All three were reservists assigned to the 718th Engineer Company in Fort Moore, Georgia.
Biden had blamed the attack on the same Iran-backed militias that have been striking US bases since October 17 - ten days after the outbreak of Israel's war with Hamas.
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Biden is set to launch a missile strike (SEPAH NEWS/AFP via Getty Images)Asked if Iran was responsible for the deaths of the three Americans, Biden replied: "I do hold them responsible in the sense that they're supplying the weapons to the people who did it."
He vowed to respond to the attack but was keen to stress "we don't need a wider war in the Middle East". Professor Inderjeet Parmar, an expert in international politics with a focus on US foreign policy at City, University of London, exclusively told The Mirror the president will be sitting with his closest aides to discuss launching military action.
He said: “President Joe Biden comes to decisions by consulting his national security advisor Jake Sullivan, with whom he is very close. Sullivan has been his security advisor for many years, including when Biden served as President Obama’s Vice President.
“To come to a decision on how to respond to the Jordan drone attack, Biden would also discuss his response with joint chiefs of staff who head the US military and with the wider National Security Council. He seeks the advice and the views of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
“The levels of risks of a wider regional conflict are assessed against the benefits of sending a message to America’s numerous enemies in the region, including Iran. An attack on a state is likely to increase the risk of a wider war."
Joe Biden is briefed by members of the national security team in the Situation Room (EyePress News/REX/Shutterstock)Mr Parmar admitted that Biden is "usually bold in practice, but relatively moderate and sober with his words." But in contrast to the former president, he has used US forces more than Trump did during his time in the White House.
He added: “Despite their rhetorical differences, Biden has used US military forces and sent aid to other states far more than Donald Trump did when he was president. Biden fully backed Ukraine and fully supported the Israeli onslaught in Gaza, regardless of the ICJ ruling. Biden also launched military strikes on Yemen."
Biden is keen to avoid targeting Iran but will attack pro-Iran groups in the region in what is being labelled as "high-risk strategies".
He added: “Regarding Iran, Biden will likely not launch strikes on their forces as this would be highly provocative. He is more likely to attack pro-Iran groups in the region or to target specific leaders of such groups. Like most US presidents, Biden is a brinkman: he pursues high-risk strategies with a hint of “mad man theory” of the type used by President Richard Nixon.”
The madman theory is a political theory commonly associated with the foreign policy of US President Richard Nixon and his administration, who tried to make the leaders of hostile Communist Bloc nations think Nixon was irrational and volatile so that they would avoid provoking the US in fear of an unpredictable response.
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