seeking war with iran. as the middle east braces for a us response, some members of congress have called for retaliation against not only iran s proxy forces, but iran itself. others have argued the president does not have the authority for such strikes unless authorized by congress. republican congressman mike turner, who chairs the house intelligence committee, told the bbc the us response was likely to be robust. what they are doing and both providing weapons and training and funding for these groups throughout the middle east, they are the source of the instability, i was briefed by the director of national intelligence, our director of the cia met with secretary for nato and he indicated that he understands that this is an attack upon the west and certainly an effective commerce, affecting our allies, the fact that it was like that we ve seen here in the united states. and as they experience in israel. this needs to be responded when they understand that we are not goi
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americans do? here is our international editor. one of the presidents international editor. one of the presidents officials - international editor. one of the presidents officials as l the presidents officials as actions speak louder than words. we can only speculate at this point. what tends to happen is the us militarily gives the president a menu of options that he can choose. and the lowest level, if you like, might be to hit back at iranian proxies operating inside syria or iraq. that might not be enough for the americans, and especially not forjoe biden s critics back home. so they might do something a bit more. they might go for iranian targets in those countries or they could go for maybe iranian targets in the gulf. the most extreme option, and i think this is highly unlikely, would be to attack targets inside iran itself, inside the territory of iran. that s something that the americans have not done. so we get to a situation now where the american secretary of st
as the middle east braces for a us response, some members of congress have called for retaliation against not only iran s proxy forces, but iran itself. others have argued the president does not have the authority for such strikes unless authorised by congress. republican congressman mike turner, who chairs the house intelligence committee, told the bbc the us response was likely to be robust. as the administration is seen, this will not be a one off. it is not as if iran will have one response, it will be perhaps over a period of time where they will see that their activities will come at a cost. they would know that the us will be continually engaged, as iran has become a destabilising factor in the region. for more on all of this, i m joined by gerald feierstein, former us ambassador to yemen and distinguished senior fellow on us diplomacy at the middle east institute. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. we knowjoe biden has now decided on taking action, we don t know wha
what could the americans do? here s our international editor, jeremy bowen. well, one of the president s officials said actions speak louder than words. what are those actions going to be? well, we can only speculate at this point, but what tends to happen is that the us military gives the president a menu of options that he can choose. and the lowest level, if you like, might be to hit back at iranian proxies operating inside syria or iraq. that might not be enough for the americans, and especially not forjoe biden s critics back home. so they might do something a bit more. they might go for iranian targets in those countries or they could go for maybe iranian targets in the gulf. the most extreme option, and i think this is highly unlikely, would be to attack targets inside iran itself, inside the territory of iran. that s something that the americans have not done. so we get to a situation now where the american secretary of state antony blinken, says that the middle east