— Hezbollah, a pro-Iranian group based in Lebanon, has been waging a low-grade war against Israel.
— Iran has blamed Israel for an attack that killed a number of Revolutionary Guard officers in Damascus, Syria.
Hawkish Republicans like South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham are demanding he attack Iran on Iranian soil.
“The only answer to these attacks must be devastating military retaliation against Iran’s terrorist forces, both in Iran and across the Middle East.
And on a purely strategic level, risking a major Middle East war that could cause massive US casualties to avenge the deaths of three soldiers, as terrible as their deaths are, would not represent a sound equation.
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