Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has gone on a media blitz in recent days, detailing how she would respond to the deadly weekend drone attack in Jordan if she were commander-in-chief – an approach that holds up her foreign policy experience in stark contrast to former President Donald Trump.
In the wake of the attack that killed three American troops, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador has, over the course of six media interviews, called for going after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps leadership, targeting the resources of Iran-backed militias throughout the region, and cutting off financial support to Iran with new sanctions.
Showcasing her foreign policy fluency, Haley has said that she would advocate for “smartly hitting” Iran to prevent the death of American soldiers – instead of “randomly hitting” Iran, which could lead to dramatic escalation.
“Find one or two of them that are making the decisions. It will chill all of them when you do that,” Haley said on Fox News Monday, arguing such strikes would make Iran “flat-footed.”
She then bolstered her threats on Tuesday, saying she would target IRGC leadership inside or outside Iran, a move that many fear would draw the US into the Middle East conflict even more directly.
“If they are in their country, or you do like Soleimani when they left the country,” Haley said in another Fox interview, when asked if she would target IRGC leadership inside Iran. Haley was referencing the US drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian commander, in Baghdad in 2020.
Unlike Haley, Trump has offered no specifics as to how he would respond to the drone strike, which also left at least at least 30 US service members injured.
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