Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton claimed on Monday that the Iranian regime has “not felt any pain” since last October's attack on Israel by Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists, adding that the Republican Party is “a campaign issue” against President Biden. He suggested that it should be done.
“It's very unfortunate for me [Biden] We will never admit that Iran is behind all this violence in the Middle East,” Bolton said in an interview with “Cats and the Cosby Show” hosts John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby. Told.
A former U.N. ambassador also criticized the 81-year-old president's response. 151 attacks against US forces Since Israel declared war on Hamas, Iranian-backed groups have said in the Middle East that American forces will continue to target the Islamic republic until it feels “pain.”
“Iran has not felt any pain since October 7,” Bolton said. “if, [Biden] The regime cannot see what is going on and does not understand that no deterrence can be restored, let alone adequately retaliate against the risks posed by terrorist proxies. If we can't make that a campaign issue this year, I don't know what those of us who don't think can do. ”
“The only reason we haven't had a mass casualty incident, which would mean a very serious event with American casualties in Iraq, is fortunate,” he added. “It's not a strategy. It doesn't tell Iran that it will pay a steep price if it continues to operate. If it's not feeling the pain, when will it stop?”
The United States has about 2,500 troops stationed in Iraq and 900 in Syria, tasked with countering the terrorist organization Islamic State.
The Iraqi Islamic Resistance Movement, a loose coalition of Iranian-backed militias, was responsible for a barrage of rocket attacks on Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq on Saturday, injuring at least two U.S. service members. issued a statement.
The United States conducted several retaliatory strikes against targets in Iraq and Syria in response to the surge in attacks on US forces, but there were no retaliatory strikes against targets inside Iranian territory.
