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February 18, 2021

It Will Take More Than Words to Deter Iran

Shooting missiles at American soldiers shouldn’t go unpunished.

On Monday, an Iraqi Shiite militia launched at least fourteen missiles at a U.S. military base in Iraq, killing a civilian contractor and wounding six others, including an American serviceman. The perpetrators belong to a powerful network of guerrilla groups supplied, trained, and controlled by the Islamic Republic, which have been a thorn in the side of the U.S. and a scourge on the local population. In a press release, the State Department declared that it is “outraged” and would “support . . . all efforts to investigate and hold accountable those responsible,” but did not mention who those might be or threaten any concrete action. Elliott Abrams comments:

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