How the U.S. Can Best Respond to Iran’s Latest Attacks in Iraq
Washington must choose a fight that it can win.
March 16, 2020
How the U.S. Can Best Respond to Iran’s Latest Attacks in Iraq
Washington must choose a fight that it can win.
Last Wednesday, a militia backed by Iran launched a salvo of rockets at a coalition military base in Iraq, killing two American and one British military personnel. Later that day, Iranian positions in Syria, close to the Iraqi border, were struck by unidentified aircraft, possibly belonging to the U.S. or Israel. Then, on Friday, American and British planes also attacked weapons depots belonging to Kataib Hizballah, the leading Iranian militia in Iraq. Taking stock of this latest round of fighting, Michael Knights urges Washington to adopt a strategy (not unlike Israel’s) for defending itself from Tehran’s aggression:
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