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U.S. Navy/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) The U.S. retains the ability to defend itself and hasn t ruled out retaliatory operations after the Pentagon said American forces were attacked by Iran-backed militants at least 13 times in the Middle East in the last week, President Joe Biden said Wednesday.
"My warning to the ayatollah [is] that if they continue to move against those troops, we will respond, and he should be prepared," Biden told reporters, referring to Iran s supreme leader.
Pentagon officials have echoed that.
"We will always maintain the inherent right of self-defense. And if there is a response, should we choose to have one, we would do that at a time and place of our choosing," Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters on Tuesday.
"We are preparing for this escalation both in terms of defending our forces and responding decisively," he said.
There is precedent for a potential military response: In recent years the U.S. has conducted retaliatory a
U.S. Navy/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) The U.S. retains the ability to defend itself and hasn t ruled out retaliatory operations after the Pentagon said American forces were attacked by Iran-backed militants at least 13 times in the Middle East in the last week, President Joe Biden said Wednesday.
"My warning to the ayatollah [is] that if they continue to move against those troops, we will respond, and he should be prepared," Biden told reporters, referring to Iran s supreme leader.
Pentagon officials have echoed that.
"We will always maintain the inherent right of self-defense. And if there is a response, should we choose to have one, we would do that at a time and place of our choosing," Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters on Tuesday.
"We are preparing for this escalation both in terms of defending our forces and responding decisively," he said.
There is precedent for a potential military response: In recent years the U.S. has conducted retaliatory a