With the stability of the region at risk, and Joe Biden pledging support to Israel multiple times, preventing a mission creep or a full-blown intervention may not be easy
News of the surprise attack and the loss of life had a shattering effect when it reached the Pentagon.
“It was the worst day of my life. It was almost like Pearl Harbour,” recalled Larry Korb, then the US assistant defense secretary and now a senior fellow at the Centre for American Progress, a Washington thinktank.
