Following the death of three US soldiers by a drone attack on the Jordan-Syria border, Republican senators in the US have increased their demands for President Joe Biden to act decisively against Iran.
However, proponents and specialists in international policy worry that political pressure could lead the US down a more hazardous route toward direct conflict with Iran.
“I find the extent of the rhetoric concerning and its implications for policymakers’ decisions to be really alarming,” stated Jamal Abdi, the president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC).
He made reference to the metaphor of an amphibian unaware that it is being cooked in slowly warming water when he said, “It really does feel like the frog being boiled in the water situation.”
The US will “hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner [of] our choosing,” according to Biden’s pledge. He informed reporters on Tuesday that he had made up his mind about what to do, but he did not elaborate.
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White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby insisted to reporters on Monday that the US is not looking to engage Iran directly. Nor did he directly associate Iran with the attack.
Kirby did, however, assert that the US would take proper action against the “Iran-backed group” accountable for the fatalities.
