Biden says he has decided Jordan strike response, doesn’t want wider war
Al Jazeera
The US president says he does not wish to trigger a regional war but will respond to the first fatal attack on US troops.
President Joe Biden says he has decided on a response to a deadly drone strike on US forces in Jordan, but stressed he does not seek a wider war in the Middle East.
“Yes,” Biden told journalists at the White House on Tuesday when asked if he had decided on his response to the strike that killed three US troops at a military advance post near the Jordan-Syria border on Sunday.
The US president did not elaborate on his decision, which came after consultations with top advisers at the White House.
John Kirby, the White House national security spokesperson, told reporters on board Air Force One as Biden flew to Florida that the US could respond more than once.
“It’s fair for you to expect that we will respond in an appropriate fashion and it is very possible that what you’ll see is a tiered approach here, not just a single action, but essentially multiple actions,” he said.
