Top US general advocates targeting Iran’s IRGC Quds Force after Syria drone attack
Biden’s airstrikes in Syria highlight paradox of deterring Iran-backed groups without triggering further escalation.
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s top general publicly advocated a more forceful US response targeting the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps after a spate of attacks on US bases in Syria last week.
US Army Gen. Mark Milley told members of Congress on Tuesday that the US should target the Quds Force “harshly” in order to deter future rocket and drone attacks by Iran-backed militias on US troops in Syria and Iraq.
“Some of these groups are much more aggressive than others,” Milley told members of the Senate’s Armed Services committee during a hearing.
“The Iranian government is a complex, large organization, and the Supreme Leader [Ali Khamenei] may or may not be making every single decision,” the top general said.
