Sen. Wicker: US airstrikes ‘welcome,’ but ‘too late’ for 3 US service members killed in Jordan

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) mentioned latest airstrikes in retaliation for an assault final week on a base in Jordan that killed three service members are “welcome,” however “too late” for many who died.

“These army strikes are welcome, however come far too late for the three courageous Individuals who died and the almost 50 wounded,” Wicker mentioned in an announcement posted to his account on X, the platform previously generally known as Twitter.

Wicker alleged the Biden administration was congratulating itself for doing ‘the naked minimal,’ and prompt the U.S. response has been too weak.

“As an alternative of giving the Ayatollah the bloody nostril that he deserves, we proceed to provide him a slap on the wrist,” Wicker mentioned.

The U.S. started airstrikes on teams supported by Iran in Syria and Iraq Friday, in retaliation for the assault on the bottom in Jordan.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) mentioned it began airstrikes Friday night in Iraq and Syria in opposition to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Drive “and affiliated militia teams.”

“U.S. army forces struck greater than 85 targets, with quite a few plane to incorporate long-range bombers flown from the US,” CENTCOM mentioned in an announcement. “The airstrikes employed greater than 125 precision munitions.”

In his assertion, Wicker additionally mentioned that the Biden administration “spent almost every week foolishly telegraphing U.S. intentions to our adversaries, giving them time to relocate and conceal.”

“It’s previous time for our commander-in-chief to undertake a brand new method that targets the precise sponsors of terrorism within the area,” Wicker mentioned. 

Former NATO ambassador Kurt Volker mentioned the Biden administration despatched a selected message by not focusing on Iran in latest airstrikes in a latest interview.

“I think that what the administration is attempting to do by not hitting Iran, is to ship a sign to Iran, ‘Don’t hit us on our homeland, significantly throughout an election 12 months,’” Volker mentioned on “On Stability with Leland Vittert.”