Over the weekend, three U.S. service members were killed and dozens were injured in a drone attack against a base supporting regional counterterrorism operations in Jordan. We are lucky that more troops have not been killed in the more than 165 Iranian-backed proxy attacks against U.S. forces in the Middle East since Oct. 7. These numbers don’t even consider the barrage of missiles and drones launched by the Houthis at commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea.
The Biden administration’s failure to maintain and then reassert deterrence against Iran and its terrorist proxies is a direct result of President Joe Biden’s policies of appeasement toward Iran. From day one, for example, the president has sought to reenter the Obama-era nuclear deal. Even as the regime’s aggression has escalated, this president has continued a kid-glove treatment against the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism in a desperate hope to secure a deal.
