GOP Lawmaker: US Deterrence in the Middle East Is Failing

Published on December 27, 2023

A GOP congressman on the House Armed Services Committee said that the Biden administration’s response to attacks in the Red Sea shows that U.S. deterrence in the Middle East is failing, which allows Iran to exploit that weakness to undermine U.S. interests in the region. During an interview with Fox News on Dec. 26, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) raised concerns regarding the U.S. response to multiple attacks targeting American forces in the Middle East, given the large numbers of U.S. troops and assets deployed in the region. “It tells us and our adversaries and our allies loud and clear that deterrence is failing,” Mr. Waltz said. “We have put significant assets in the region, air defense assets, bombers, an additional aircraft carrier, and now have a multinational coalition of ships in the Red Sea. And yet the attacks keep continuing.”...

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