By Rajan Menon and Daniel DePetris
The attack Sunday by Iranian-backed militias against a U.S. facility in northeastern Jordan, which killed three U.S. troops and injured more than 30 more, has understandably caused shock and outrage in Washington. U.S. retaliation is assured, although we don’t know what form that retaliation will take. President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he has made a decision about how to respond, and it wouldn’t be a stretch to assume any U.S. military action will be broader in scope than the U.S. strikes against Iraqi and Syrian militia sites over the last three months.
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