President Joe Biden and his administration tried to sound tough on Friday after the U.S. Military carried out a series of strikes inside Syria and Iraq in retaliation for Iranian-backed terrorists murdering three U.S. soldiers and wounding dozens more in a suicide drone attack last weekend.
The strikes came after the Biden administration repeatedly telegraphed to Iran, through leaks to the media, what its plans were for the strikes so that Iran could have their top personnel from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) — a designated terrorist group — safely evacuate ahead of the U.S. response.
“This afternoon, at my direction, U.S. military forces struck targets at facilities in Iraq and Syria that the IRGC and affiliated militia use to attack U.S. forces,” Biden said. “Our response began today. It will continue at times and places of our choosing. The United States…
