{"id":14011,"date":"2019-12-11T17:48:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T17:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/11\/joint-chiefs-chairman-cautions-iran-to-be-very-cautious-following-recent-spate-of-attacks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:38:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:38:58","slug":"joint-chiefs-chairman-cautions-iran-to-be-very-cautious-following-recent-spate-of-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/12\/11\/joint-chiefs-chairman-cautions-iran-to-be-very-cautious-following-recent-spate-of-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Chiefs chairman cautions Iran to be \u2018very cautious\u2019 following recent spate of attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The top U.S. military commander told lawmakers Wednesday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/12\/05\/how-force-buildups-on-both-sides-could-increase-chances-of-us-iran-armed-conflict\/\" target=_blank>Iran<\/a> should be \u201cvery very cautious\u201d with how it proceeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments from Gen. Mark Milley, the Joint Chiefs chairman, follow a spate of nine attacks that have rocked U.S. installations and interests in Iraq over the last several weeks. A number of those attacks, including the Dec. 3 rocket attack that struck al-Asad airbase, have been blamed on Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are in a period of heightened risk with respect to Iran,\u201d Gen. Mark Milley, the Joint Chiefs chairman told lawmakers Wednesday on Capitol Hill. But the top American commander explained that \u201crestraint in this particular situation is an appropriate response.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/12\/09\/rockets-land-near-baghdad-airport-as-us-blames-iran-for-recent-attacks\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5484718.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Rockets land near Baghdad airport as US blames Iran for recent attacks<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The attack on al-Asad was notable, the official said, in that the attackers used a 122 mm rocket, which is deadlier and boasts a longer range than the 107 mm rockets that have been used in previous attacks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milley\u2019s response on Iran came from a question posed by Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon, who asked Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and the Joint Chiefs chairman: \u201cWhen is enough enough on Iran? When is our restraint being interpreted by them as weakness?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ball is in the Iranian court,&#8221; Milley said. How they respond and the size and scope of that response will determine a U.S. answer, he explained to lawmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the U.S. flexes troops, ships and aircraft to the Middle East to deter Iranian threats, Tehran appears to be answering in kind by bolstering missile forces, adding new fast-attack ships and moving troops across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly 14,000 additional American troops have been deployed to the Middle East over the last six months in response to malign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/12\/04\/officials-warship-seizes-iranian-missile-components\/\" target=_blank>Iranian <\/a>behavior from attacks on commercial tankers in the Persian Gulf over the summer to the attack on two Saudi Arabian oil fields in September that U.S. officials say was carried out by Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2043\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tanker-burning3.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tanker-burning3.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tanker-burning3.jpg.jpg?resize=300,204 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tanker-burning3.jpg.jpg?resize=768,523 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tanker-burning3.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,697 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tanker-burning3.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1046 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tanker-burning3.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1395 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this Dec. 6, 1987 file photo, the Singapore-registered tanker Norman Atlantic is ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz after being attacked by an Iranian gunboat.   (AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esper says the U.S. is still considering deploying more forces to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to respond to the Iranian threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as Washington D.C. and Tehran continue to ratchet up forces and operations in the region the two combative foes are pushing dangerously close to open military confrontation, highlighting a potential failure of the President Donald Trump\u2019s maximum pressure approach to deterring Tehran\u2019s malign behavior in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a heated exchange with Esper, Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton, a Marine veteran, questioned whether the Trump administration\u2019s maximum pressure campaign against Iran and its decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear accord was bearing any success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran is \u201cmuch closer\u201d to a nuclear weapon and \u201cregional aggression picked up,&#8221; Moulton told Esper. The \u201cadministration\u2019s strategy is failing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are less safe then when we were under the JCPOA [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action],\u201d Moulton said. The JCPOA, also known as the Iran nuclear deal, was brokered between the Iran the U.S. and the permanent members of the UN Security Council, including Germany in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump withdrew the U.S. from the JCPOA in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2019\/06\/04\/what-war-with-iran-could-look-like\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19098471996944.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What war with Iran could look like<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Military Times interviewed more than a dozen military experts, including current and former U.S. military officials, about how a conflict might begin and how it could play out. This is what they said could happen:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esper responded to Moulton by saying that the U.S. actually witnessed an \u201cuptick in activities\u201d including Iran\u2019s missile program as money was returned to Iran following the JCPOA agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStrategies take time to play out,\u201d he said. 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