Iran is in a proxy war with the United States, and inching ever closer to directly attacking the US.
The proxy war is not new, but it has escalated dramatically since the October 7th Hamas massacre in Israel. There have been over 100 attacks on Americans and American assets, and as John wrote earlier, the Houthis attacked and hit a US ship in the Red Sea, and Iran fired missiles into Iraq either at or near the US Consulate there.
Those missiles were fired from Iranian soil, and Iran took responsibility.
#Breaking: U.S. Officials confirm a ballistic missile attack near the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, Northern Iraq, was directly launched by the IRGC from Iranian territory. pic.twitter.com/grELRfqIM6
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) January 15, 2024
Both the attack on an American ship in the Red Sea and the missiles fired from Iran towards the US Consulate took place after Joe Biden…
