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For the last 43 years, through five different presidents, the United States has had ineffective responses to the radical Shia Islamic regime in Iran, which declared “death to America” irregular war on the United States. Major incidents include:
In April 1983, Iran-backed operatives bombed the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 63.
In October 1983, Iran-backed Hezbollah bombed the U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut, killing 241 Marine service members.
In June 1996, Iran-backed Saudi Hezbollah bombed a U.S. Air Force housing complex, killing 19 U.S. airmen and wounding hundreds.
During the 2003-2011 Iraq War, the total U.S. casualties from Iran-linked forces exceeded 1,200. But the loss of American lives inflicted by the radical Iranian regime was much higher. Iran’s improvised explosive devices (IEDs) took many more American lives in Iraq and Afghanistan — totaling more than 4,200, which was about 46 percent of all U.S. war zone deaths between 2006 and 2019. In addition, estimates for the IED-wounded, often resulting in ugly facial disfiguration and loss of limbs, took an even higher toll, with one official source putting the number at more than 30,000 U.S. service members across both wars.
There is no shortage of experts who have different views on the deployment of U.S. military force. But what has characterized American war policy for the last 70 years, from the Korean War through the Biden presidency, was that wars were fought to........