"Biden's support for Israel's Gaza war ties the U.S. to Israel's escalatory cycle that may result in American soldiers dying in yet another Middle East war," warned one analyst. By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams, https://scheerpost.com/2024/01/05/amid-fears-of-wider-war-us-reportedly-drafting-plans-to-bomb-yemen/ The Biden administration is reportedly drafting plans to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen amid escalating fears of a wider war in…
woefully inadequate. mike: to that point, we ve had attacks on troops stationed in iraq and syria, now we ve got attacks from the houthis on shipping, so it makes you wonder what would it take for the administration to do more. well, that s right. it sounds like in this scenario the only people with a plan is iran. and they have been moving up their escalation ladder and and thinking at some point the u.s. would respond, you know? if attacking u.s. troops, attacking shipping in that area. but at every turn we have not or we ve responded with really minimal responses, the bare if minimum. and right now the administration wants to avoid what they re saying is a larger, wider war. we re already in it. and so for them, it s about are restore thing deterrence tenderness. it may take significant strikes to get us back to that point, but the administration has themselves to blame for not doing anything significant since october 7th. mike: so ec tech secretary of
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