President Joe Biden deserves credit for authorizing a U.S. drone strike against a senior commander within Iran‘s preeminent Iraqi militia, Kata’ib Hezbollah. Distinct from the Lebanese Hezbollah, the group killed Americans at Iran’s behest during the U.S. 2003-2011 deployment to Iraq. Offering an element of poetic justice, the Kata’ib Hezbollah commander was killed in an area of eastern Baghdad where the group previously shot and blew up many American soldiers.

To be clear, the man killed on Wednesday was not Kata’ib Hezbollah’s top leader, Ahmad al Hamidawi. He remains alive and should be targeted the moment Kata’ib Hezbollah kills or seriously wounds another American.