The U.S. Can't Avert War by Waging War

Choosing to wage sustained bombing campaigns in multiple countries is choosing prolonged conflict.

The Biden administration’s assurances are a joke:

The US vowed more strikes against Iran’s forces and its proxies in the Middle East after three straight days of punishing attacks, even as Washington insisted it won’t be pulled into a prolonged regional conflict [bold mine-DL].

The U.S. doesn’t need to be “pulled” into a prolonged regional conflict. It is already in a regional conflict, and it is doing its part to ensure that the conflict continues. If the administration didn’t want to be involved in a prolonged regional conflict, it would not keep backing Israel’s war to the hilt, and it would not escalate conflicts with the Houthis and with militias in Iraq and Syria. The Houthi response to the latest round of bombing was completely predictable: their leaders say that they will answer escalation with escalation. Choosing to wage sustained bombing campaigns in multiple countries is choosing prolonged conflict, and the administration shouldn’t be allowed to get away with spinning these new campaigns as anything else.