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Pompeo joined the Hudson Institute, a conservative research center that allows him to actively discuss policies and access the existing mainstream of Republican views – Photo: AFP
Appeared on a Fox News program on February 25 (US time), Pompeo said the attack should accurately target US threat forces in the area. “You have to know how to protect the soldiers, how to establish deterrence. We have done it several times and each time it works,” asked the former US Secretary of State.
The US media previously reported that President Biden had approved air strikes against some pro-Iranian militia facilities on Syrian territory. The US Department of Defense confirmed that these are the forces that normally fire rockets at US soldiers and areas in Iraq.
“I don’t know what they hit or where the target they are pursuing is. I hope they don’t bomb the desert. They have to hit the force that threatened the United States, otherwise it is useless,” Pompeo said.
The former secretary of state tacitly praised the Donald Trump administration, which he served, arguing that the February 25 airstrike was the result of the incumbent administration’s negligence toward Iran.
“There is no need to stagnate there. I am confident that we can get in but get out. Let us deter Iran everywhere. Weakness and tolerance towards Iran will only be redeemed by acts of terrorism by Iran,” Pompeo said personally.
According to Reuters, the attack was carefully calculated on a small scale so as not to provoke a wave of retaliation against the United States in the region. In all, the United States used seven bombs to destroy targets that killed at least 17 fighters, according to the Syrian organization Human Rights Watch. New York Times.
The airstrike is believed to be retaliation by the Biden administration after the rocket attacks that killed 7 Americans on February 15. The Biden government did not directly blame which country was behind the incident, but instead followed New York Times, the airstrike on February 25 showed that Washington believed Iran was the culprit.
Observers say President Biden’s response is necessary, even in the context of the United States seeking to revive an international agreement to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Washington is believed to have contacted Tehran to discuss compliance with the nuclear deal reached between Iran and P5 + 1 in 2015. The airstrike is seen as a message from the Biden administration to Iran that the United States is ready to respond. if their interests are harmed even in the process of negotiations with Iran.
What weapons did the United States use to attack Syrian territory?
