After Iran-backed militants killed three American soldiers and wounded dozens of others with a drone strike, Joe Biden promised that we would “strike back.” We still haven’t seen that response, but we’ve been told that it’s on the way. Meanwhile, the Iranians do not appear to be backing down at all. In fact, they’re promising to do some “striking back” of their own if Biden responds as promised. The threat first came from Amir Saeid Iravan, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations. He wasn’t any more specific than Biden has been, saying only that his country would “respond decisively” and that it would be a “strong response.” We’re either being treated to an example of dueling rhetoric or a potentially significant escalation of the hostilities in the region. (AP)
Iran threatened Wednesday to “decisively respond” to any U.S. attack on the Islamic…
