October 10, 2024 – As I wrote for FOX News today, Iran’s terror goons are in crisis mode right now. Having seen their missile attack on Israel fail yet again due to Israel’s powerful defenses, Iran is now expecting an Israeli counterstrike.

“There will be severe consequences for this attack, and we will work with Israel to make that the case,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday, October 1. All the G7 nations agree Israel has the right to strike back, President Joe Biden added Wednesday.

Iran wants blood. But they are running out of options. More than 40,000 U.S. forces were already deployed to U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, in locations from Syria to the Red Sea. Three more squadrons of F-15Es, F-16s and A-10s are on the way to U.S. Central Command, joining stealth F-22s, F-35s and others already in the region.

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is launching jets day and night and the USS Wasp, with a Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard, is in the eastern Mediterranean. The submarine USS Georgia, carrying 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles, is nearby too, along with a bevy of U.S. Navy destroyers.

Make no mistake. This is enough firepower to hit many types of Iranian targets. Guarantee you, Iran’s military units are scrambling to prepare. While being very, very careful about using cellphones.

Whatever action comes will aim to weaken and contain Iran. Iran’s proxies Hamas and Hezbollah have been mauled. But this conflict won’t be over as long as the ayatollah holds power over Iran’s people. That gang has been in the ideology and terror business for almost 50 years and won’t go quietly.

Look for desperate Iran to consider six moves – including two here in the USA.   Ramping up nuclear enrichment, retaliation against American forces, more Houthi attacks, and another missile attack on Israel are all possibilities.  Here in the US, Iran has long aspired to cyber-attack the U.S., and the FBI says Iran wants to assassinate an American leader.

My full article is here.

This article was originally published on the Lexington Institute: 6 Ways Iran Could Strike US In The Mideast Or Here At Home (From Fox News) | Lexington Institute