Since October 7, there have been more than 160 attacks against American soldiers across the Middle East. Donald Trump was perhaps the first to react to the Jordanian incident.

The main Republican hawk, Lindsey Graham, is no less bloodthirsty (the same one who talked about killing Russians as the best investment of American money). “Hit Iran now,” he urged on social media X. “The only response to these attacks must be a devastating military response against Iranian terrorist forces,’ said Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas.