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After Iran-backed militias killed three U.S. servicemen and injured dozens more in an overnight attack on a military base in northeast Jordan, the number of injured continues to climb.
By late Sunday, the number of injured grew to 34 service members, eight of whom had to be evacuated from Jordan to a higher level of care. The evacuees are believed to be in stable condition at this time.
Most of the injured have undergone traumatic brain injury, but the actual number of cases will probably increase as TBI symptoms often take time to appear.
The attack targeted the logistics support base at Tower 22 of the Jordanian Defense Network where around 350 U.S. Army and Air Force. personnel are deployed to counter ISIS terrorists.
Names of those injured are being withheld until 24 hours after their families have been notified.
Later Sunday, President Biden mumbled that the U.S. "shall respond" to the attacks. In a written statement, Biden allegedly said the U.S. "will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner (of) our choosing."
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, back after his AWOL stint said, "we will take all necessary actions to defend the United States, our troops, and our interests."
Meanwhile, many Republicans immediately called on our confused President to take Iran out in back of the gym.
Predictably, Sen Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on X: “Hit Iran now. Hit them hard,”
“When the Biden Administration says ‘don’t’, the Iranians ‘do’. The Biden Administration’s rhetoric is falling on deaf ears in Iran,” he added. “Iran is undeterred. The only thing the Iranian regime understands is force. Until they pay a price with their infrastructure and their personnel, the attacks on U.S. troops will continue.”
“When the Biden Administration says ‘don’t’, the Iranians ‘do’. The Biden Administration’s rhetoric is falling on deaf ears in Iran,” he added. “Iran is undeterred. The only thing the Iranian regime understands is force. Until they pay a price with their infrastructure and their personnel, the attacks on U.S. troops will continue.”
The White House confirmed Sunday that the deadly attack took place Saturday evening and was the result of a drone strike from “radical Iran-backed militant groups” in the region.
President Biden later claimed at a campaign stop in South Carolina that the US would retaliate.
“We shall respond,” he mush-mouthed to people at Brookland Baptist church.
“We had a tough day in the Middle East. We lost three brave souls,” Biden said, asking for a moment of silence.
Republicans correctly highlighted Biden's impotent policies in the Middle East and his loss of most cognitive abilities, as well as those of his DEI hires, Vice President Kamala Harris and his White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
“The Biden administration’s failed Middle East policy has destroyed our deterrence against adversaries in the Middle East,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said in a statement.
“We need a major reset of our Middle East policy to protect our national security interests and restore deterrence.”
Former President Trump and current presidential candidate jumped on the bandwagon: “The drone attack on a U.S. Military Installation in Jordan, killing 3 American service members, and wounding many more, marks a horrible day for America,” he wrote on Truth Social on Sunday. “This brazen attack on the United States is yet another horrific and tragic consequence of Joe Biden’s weakness and surrender.”
“We need a major reset of our Middle East policy to protect our national security interests and restore deterrence.”
Former President Trump and current presidential candidate jumped on the bandwagon: “The drone attack on a U.S. Military Installation in Jordan, killing 3 American service members, and wounding many more, marks a horrible day for America,” he wrote on Truth Social on Sunday. “This brazen attack on the United States is yet another horrific and tragic consequence of Joe Biden’s weakness and surrender.”
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) highlighted a deal the Biden administration cut with Iran to issue a waiver for sanctions on $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets in exchange for the release of five American detainees last year, the New York Post reported.
“Joe Biden emboldened Iran for years by tolerating attacks on our troops, bribing the ayatollahs with billions of dollars, and appeasing them to no end. He left our troops as sitting ducks,” Cotton said in a statement.
“The only answer to these attacks must be devastating military retaliation against Iran’s terrorist forces, both in Iran and across the Middle East. Anything less will confirm Joe Biden as a coward unworthy of being commander-in-chief.”
“Joe Biden emboldened Iran for years by tolerating attacks on our troops, bribing the ayatollahs with billions of dollars, and appeasing them to no end. He left our troops as sitting ducks,” Cotton said in a statement.
“The only answer to these attacks must be devastating military retaliation against Iran’s terrorist forces, both in Iran and across the Middle East. Anything less will confirm Joe Biden as a coward unworthy of being commander-in-chief.”
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) posted on X, “The President needs to order a clear, lethal and overwhelming response that demonstrates to Iran and to the world that whoever targets our men and women in uniform—or supports these attacks—will face the full might of the U.S. military.”
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