“We have a very real power in this theater.
We can and will support it.
If necessary, we will deploy additional forces and do it quickly, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
He added that the US prioritizes diplomacy and views military force as a means of support.
Joey Hood, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Middle East, said earlier that the Joe Biden administration has no plans to scale back the American military presence in the Middle East.