Posted on 10/28/2023 10:56:56 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
The United States military executed two strikes Thursday night against Iran-backed facilities in Syria in response to a series of attacks carried out against U.S. forces in the Middle East over the past week by Iran-backed terrorist groups.
Addressing Thursday night’s strikes in Syria, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued a statement, saying, “Today, at President Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces conducted self-defense strikes on two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups.”
Austin noted that the “precision self-defense strikes” were a direct response to the recent attacks against U.S. forces in both Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed terrorist groups, which started on Oct. 17 and have continued throughout this week.
Austin explained that the “mostly unsuccessful” attacks against U.S. forces resulted in a U.S. contractor dying from a “cardiac incident” during a shelter-in-place and 21 service members sustaining “minor injuries.”
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“...a “cardiac incident” during a shelter-in-place...”
IMO, that doesn’t count.
Big deal, like they don’t have other ammunition. This was nothing and means nothing other than to show them we will let them reorganize.
More war, more death.
I agree with you there.
A mere pinprick. Pfffft....
Did Jill sign off on this?
What’s next, a strongly worded letter?
So we’re at war with Syria, Iran or both? When did we declare war on either or is such a concept so old fashioned we don’t bother with it anymore?
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