On Friday's broadcast of CNN's "Situation Room," CNN Chief International Security Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh stated that the U.S. strikes in response to the fatal drone attack on U.S. soldiers "seem to be essentially telegraphed enough to give those on the receiving end enough time to relocate or lessen the damage that potentially could have been done" and the strikes are smaller than the strike that killed Qasem Soleimani under the Trump administration.