US President Joe Biden rejects the Pentagon’s ‘aggressive bombing options’ in fear of provoking Iran to “widen the conflict”.
Late on Sunday, the United States conducted airstrikes against two facilities used by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) and its allies in eastern Syria, Pentagon officials stated after the latest target on US occupation bases in Iraq and Syria.
According to the New York Times (NYT), Air Force F-15E fighter jets struck several buildings in Abu Kamal and a safe house in al-Mayadeen four days after US warplanes hit a warehouse in eastern Syria.
On that note, US President Joe Biden rejected the Pentagon’s proposal to continue their bombings, in fear of provoking “a wider conflict with Iran.” According to the NYT, the “White House’s countermeasures have been so limited that Republican critics in Congress and some air power supporters argue that they just invite more frequent and lethal strikes on US soldiers in the region”.”
Moreover, the Pentagon and other Biden administration officials dismissed criticisms, claiming that the American airstrikes were allegedly in self-defense, “proportionate to the attacks by Iran-backed militias, and meant to disrupt the militants’ activities”.
This comes after Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani warned on November 5 that Iran would launch a “serious strike” on the United States in the event that the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip does not cease.
According to Tasnim, the brigadier general stated that Iran’s advice to the US is to end the war “immediately,” and “ensure a ceasefire.” Ashtiani warned that if this is not implemented, the US will “face a serious strike.”
Source: AlMayadeen
