After the attack on the "Tower 22" US military base in eastern Jordan, the result of 3 dead and 34 wounded made US politicians unbearable. At the level of the White House and the Pentagon, as well as Congress, the unified voice said that "there will be a response." Senator Lindsay Graham called on Biden to "hit important targets inside Iran" over the deaths of three U.S. troops in Jordan. The latest news says that the number of U.S. troops injured in the incident rose to 47. However, the attitude of the US top management has been significantly low-key and softened. Previously, foreign media speculated that at the end of the joint military meeting convened by the White House Military Intelligence Office, Biden will make the most important decision of his term of office (referring to: striking Iran).
White House military meeting
As speculated, the White House military intelligence meeting did agree, but the agreement was not to "strike Iran militarily", but to "not seek war with Iran." The United States means that it does not want the situation to escalate. "As the President said, we're going to respond, and that response is likely to be multi-layered, phased, and sustained over time," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. Pentagon spokesman Manmohan Singh said: "We certainly do not seek war, and, frankly, we do not believe that Iran wants war with the United States." White House National Security Council spokesman Kirby also bluntly said, "We don't want a war with Iran." ”
In fact, the Biden administration, which is under the dual pressure of internal and external troubles, can only endure even if it is forced to the point where it can no longer bear the endless attacks of the Iranian armed forces. First, the United States is now on fire in its backyard, and Texas and the two dozen or so states that have signed a petition to support it may quickly slide to the brink of civil war. As the saying goes, "if you go outside, you must first settle inside", the fire in the backyard of the United States is unabated, and the Biden administration has no heart to discuss the issue of foreign wars, not to mention that the election is imminent, and the White House will never allow the situation in Texas to affect the election.
How embarrassing is the Biden administration from the confrontational status quo in Texas? Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova mockingly suggested that US President Joe Biden "form an international coalition" to liberate the Texan people. It is intended to ridicule the US for being good at forming an international coalition in the name of "democracy ~ sovereignty" to interfere with foreign countries. Second, there should be a unanimous opinion at yesterday's White House military intelligence meeting, that is, the US military is not ready to fight a war with Iran at this stage. After all, the war in Ukraine and the conflict in Gaza have greatly depleted the strategic reserves of the United States and NATO, and the Iranian army is one of the strongest opponents that the US military currently faces.
Before the Biden administration, several US presidents had threatened to use force against Iran, but in the end, they did not do so. I believe that the White House will now consider it carefully instead of taking risks. Some analysts say that if the use of force (against Iran) can be used externally, it can lead to the domestic contradictions that the United States is currently facing, and also establish a tough image for Biden, which is conducive to his re-election election. But the question is whether the US military is willing to risk being caught in the whirlpool of the Iranian war for a long time and "take the heat from the fire" for Biden. If expected, the United States will find its own way down the ladder and end with "the success of the U.S. military against pro-Iranian militant targets in Iraq (or Syria)."