There are very few world leaders out there who frequently choose to provoke the US military. Historically, this has been an ill-advised strategy, with the United States having yet to actually lose a war.
So when Lady Liberty raises her fist, the world listens. Those who make the decision to defy America’s best intentions do so at their own risk.
Iran is currently in that boat, as they attempt to intimidate Donald Trump just hours after they backed a militia in their attack on the US embassy in Iraq.
Iran’s supreme leader today hit back at the US and warned his country would not hesitate to strike after Donald Trump said Tehran would pay a ‘big price’ for Hezbollah’s assault on the American embassy in Baghdad.
‘I and the government and the nation of Iran strongly condemn this American crime,’ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said of US strikes which killed 25 members of Kataeb Hezbollah in Iraq on Sunday night.
Thousands of Hezbollah fighters attacked the US embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in retaliation for the airstrikes – breaking down the gate and setting the entrance on fire.
President Trump, who deployed 100 Marines to protect the site last night and sent another 750 paratroopers to the Middle East, has accused Tehran of ‘orchestrating’ the assault
And on Wednesday morning the Iran-backing militia attacked the embassy for the second day in a row, forcing the US Marines to fire tear gas at the fighters who set part of the embassy on fire again.
The ayatollah continued…
‘First of all, you can’t do a damn thing! This has nothing to do with Iran. Secondly, be logical… The people of this region hate America. Why don’t Americans understand this?’
Donald Trump previously called off a military response to the Iranian downing of a US drone over the Strait of Hormuz due to the disproportionate amount of casualties possible.
Fool me once…
