In retaliation, the U.S. military base in Jordan was attacked on January 28, resulting in the death of three U.S. troops. After a long period of propaganda and a lot of hype, the United States finally launched air strikes on pro-Iranian militias in Syria and Iraq on 2 February, dropping 125 precision-guided bombs on targets in eight locations and destroying ammunition depots, radars, and other facilities of some militia groups.
However, the attitude of the United States behind this air raid is a bit intriguing.
First of all, although the bombing has also been blown up, the United States has publicly stated that it still does not seek a conflict with Iran, but that its own people are dead and must react.
Interestingly, Iran has a similar attitude, saying that it does not seek war with the United States, but if the United States attacks Iran, Iran will definitely retaliate. Therefore, we have seen that the US military is still attacking the pro-Iranian militias in Syria and Iraq, and at most it is fighting the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as before, and has not moved Iran itself, which is basically the same as what we said a few days ago.
Although Iran is taking a tough tone on the one hand, it is still emphasizing that the attack on the US military base has nothing to do with Iran, and Iran has no control over those organizations. This time, U.S. intelligence said that Iran's words were right, and that those militias were indeed not subject to Tehran's control.
But U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin said that no matter what it is, these militia organizations are trained by Iran with Iran's ** and support, and if it were not for Iran's help, those militia organizations would not be able to build their capabilities, so Austin said that he would take revenge first, which makes people wonder if his prostate cancer has anything to do with Iranians.
Secondly, the United States is also questioning why Biden is doing so much foreshadowing before launching an air strike, so that after January 28, those militia groups have several days, enough for them to withdraw important people, and the US military's explanation is to wait for the right weather conditions.
Moreover, the United States also notified Iraq** in advance, and now Iraq** is also criticizing the United States for taking strike actions in Iraq without authorization, so who can guarantee that there will be no one in Iraq** who will say anything to the Iranian side?
Similarly, when Iran retaliated against the US air strikes and attacked US military bases, it also released rumors in advance so that the US troops in the base had enough time to evacuate, and the two sides really reciprocated.
In order to show the grandeur of the air strike, in addition to using fighter jets stationed in the ** command area, the United States also specially used B1B bombers to take off from the US mainland this time and travel long distances to complete the air strike, the White House said that this is to show that the US Air Force can strike anywhere in the world at the time they choose, obviously this is not only aimed at Iran, but to demonstrate to other countries. On the contrary, the surrounding US Navy did not have any aircraft involved in the operation.
As a result, the strike was carried out in a huge manner, but the number of bombs dropped was small, the cost-effectiveness ratio was not high, and the performance was very heavy. If you really want to strike on a large scale, then the fighters and cruise missiles in the US aircraft carrier formation are the ones that will respond most quickly. It can be seen that Austin's tough attitude towards Iran is only a momentum.
The Sword Project Therefore, the US military is clearly avoiding a premature outbreak of direct conflict with Iran. In addition to not wanting to be fished by Iran, avoiding being distracted by Iran, trying to provoke Iran, and allowing Iran to continue to expand the rift between Iran and Arab countries, is an important prerequisite for the United States to check and balance in the Middle East, and it is the result that the United States wants to see.
For example, the Jordanian side has provided assistance to the US military in its actions this time, and it has been reported that if the conflict continues, the Jordanian Air Force will also join the US military in air strikes.
In the past, Bahrain participated in the Red Sea escort, but now if Jordan participates in the air strikes, this is the last thing we want to see, that is, a series of actions by the Iranian armed forces, which are used by the United States as a tool to divide the Middle East.
So there is another development worth paying attention to: the US-driven talks to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, which were originally suspended because of the Gaza issue, may now be resumed. This situation is also a test of Iran's political wisdom.