Tangent
The U.S. is sending more warplanes to the Middle East, including F-35 jets from the U.K. and F-16 fighter jets stationed in Germany, The New York Times reported, citing unnamed U.S. officials. The deployments had already been ordered before the Iranian attack Friday in Jordan, according to the Times.
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Key Background
Iran and the U.S. have escalated attacks against each other recently after the unraveling of an agreement reached last month to end the war, stemming from a disagreement over control of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump on Saturday defended the war in the wake of the recent deaths, telling the New York Post the service members died in Jordan “because they don’t want to see Iran have a nuclear weapon,” calling the deaths a “shame.”
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further reading
Two U.S. Service Members Killed In Iranian Strikes Against Jordan (Forbes)