Overseas Conflict Escalates: Mounting Tensions Between Iran and the US

Middle East tensions have risen, causing concerns for a wider regional war. Some have called for the US to conduct strikes within Iran. This would have consequences that we may be unwilling to pay.

On January 28, the Islamic Resistance of Iraq, a group that US officials claim is controlled by the Iranian Republican Guard Corps (IRGC), launched a drone and struck a US base in Jordan. The strike led to the deaths of three American soldiers: SPC Kennedy Sanders, SPC Breonna Moffett, and SGT William J. Rivers. The attack occurred at Tower 22, a US mil…