Change US Escalation Calculus With Iran

Change US Escalation Calculus With Iran
Change US Escalation Calculus With Iran

We offer this opinion piece about increasing US responses to Iranian aggression just as President Trump has this morning “instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea.” Of course, we don’t know the crucial rules of engagement that will guide Navy…

US Will Retaliate For Tajji Deaths: Esper & Milley

US Will Retaliate For Tajji Deaths: Esper & Milley
US Will Retaliate For Tajji Deaths: Esper & Milley

Hours after the Defense Secretary and Joint Chiefs Chairman promised action, the US struck five Kata’ib Hizbollah “weapons storage” sites — but the militia’s Iranian backers are likely off the hook, for now.