After over 160 attacks on American positions in Iraq and Syria since Oct. 17th, and over 40 attacks on civilian merchant shipping in the region, all by Iranian proxies, American military personnel have suffered their first fatal casualties. Over the weekend US soldiers stationed on the Jordan-Syria border came under drone attack by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella term for Iranian backed militias in the region, and suffered three killed in action. The Biden administration’s policy of refusing to “escalate” in the wake of attacks on our forces has failed to deter Iran. The question now is what comes next.