killed 3 us soldiers and injured dozens. iran denies involvement, calling the accusations baseless and saying it was not involved in the decision making of resistance groups . reuters is reporting that an iraqi spokesman has called the strikes a violation of iraqi sovereignty and pose a threat that could lead iraq and the region into dire consequences. now let s turn to elise labott, a us foreign affairs journalist and founder of zivvy media. thank you forjoining us. this is the first part of the us response as we have heard from the administration, is it what you would have expected to see? it is what i expected to see. i think the us knew that it could notjust make a pin attack. that is basically what it has been doing all along. we ve had around 160 attacks since october the 7th against, by these proxies against us forces in iraq and syria. some of the only responded around seven times. 0bviously iran and its proxies thought they could keep pushing. so the us really ne