that operate in iraq and syria that launch attacks on our service members. i understand that. but this attack led to the death of three service members. is iran responsible for the death of these three service members that you just read their names and their families have been notified of their death? again, iran certainly bears a responsibility as they fund these groups that continue to use capabilities that they get from iran. and of course, killed three of our service members. can i take a step back? sure. just looking at last week, maybe from saturday of last week up until saturday or sunday maybe, nine days, the u.s. launched strikes in syria, in iraq against houthi positions, inside yemen with the aim of re-establishing deterrence and degrade their capabilities of whether attacking u.s. forces or shipping in the red sea. nonetheless, as throughout those days what we saw is unprecedented escalation. different sites were targeted with drones, more u.s. soldiers