US does not want war with Iran, but will act following deadly drone attack: Kirby and Blinken
January 30, 2024
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as posted by the channelPresident Joe Biden has vowed to retaliate against Iran for the fatal attack, and on Monday night, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters that a response “could be multi-leveled, come in stages and be sustained over time.”
There are few details about what such a response may entail, but the president is looking at the possibility of attacking Iranian personnel in Syria and Iraq, or Iranian naval assets in the Persian Gulf, according to Politico.
He has even demanded his advisers present him with options on how to respond to the attack without dragging the US further into war in the Middle East, two administration officials told the outlet.
The Pentagon and State Department have already spent decades drawing up a list of possible Iranian targets in case war breaks out between the nation and Israel, according to the New York Times.
Those include major drone-making factories and their overseas suppliers, which are working to help Russia in Ukraine and provide arms to the Houthis in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The Pentagon also reportedly has plans in place for airstrikes on Iranian missile sites and air bases, and the US has even created a cyber attack option that would disable Iran’s air defenses, communications systems and crucial parts of its power grid — though it is unclear how long the cyber attack may last.
But Iranian officials have so far denied any involvement in the attack — even after the Iranian-backed Axis of Resistance took responsibility and said the strike was a “continuation of our approach to resisting the American occupation forces in Iraq and the region.”
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