Biden Weighs Striking Iranian Proxies - WAPO

Headlines have crossed from the Washington Post that US President Biden is weighing up strikes on Iranian proxies after attacks on US troops in the Middle East region (see this link for more details).

• The article states "President Biden faces mounting pressure to strike Iranian proxies that have repeatedly attacked — and injured — U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria this month, but he is weighing any decision to retaliate against his broader concern that the war in Gaza could be on the precipice of erupting into a regionwide tempest, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the administration’s deliberations."
• It added "A senior administration official, who like some others interviewed for this report spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss U.S. government calculations, said that “nothing has changed about our prerogatives” to protect deployed service members, but “we’re also not blind to the fact that there are other forces at work now, and we want to be informed by what else is going on in the region.” See the above link for more details.