In his speech today, Trump mentioned the DISPERSAL of our troops and an “Early Warning System that worked very well”.
I wonder if the “Early warning system” was OURS or was the Iranian warning to Iraq that you mentioned.
But WHY would Iran warn Iraq before the missile launch?
It looks like Iran did not want anyone killed ( otherwise why the warning )? They KNOW the consequences of killing Americans.
If so, my suspicions are confirmed. It was a “face-saving” measure so that they can tell their own people (they control the media there ) that they retaliated for Soleimani’s death by killing dozens of our troops. They can even rebroadcast the MSNBC clip that parroted their own propaganda that over 30 of our troops were killed by their strikes.
Whether the Iranians ( many of who are clever enough to bypass their propaganda press ) will believe this is another story.
I do not underestimate the Iranians as “bad shots” ( i.e., they are so incompetent, they can’t even hit targets ). After all, they were able to shot down our drones.
From what I read US systems detected the launch of the ballistic missiles.
They took out the refinery in KSA.That was a nice piece of work. Last night was about saving face, buying time,winning plaudits for restraint. It appears Pres. Trump is willing to let them have this since Soleimani is still dead. He made his point before even saying good morning. He is a businessman who recognizes that a better deal can be the enemy of a good deal.
“But WHY would Iran warn Iraq before the missile launch?”
Iran is full of spies, not all of them agree with the Mullahs I’m guessing.
Perhaps you consider your source for this mythical “Iranian warning”
How many thousands of lies does the Fake News need to be caught pushing before you stop blindly accepting everything these say?
This could have been a way for Iran to electronically capture our triangulation systems capability, thus having info for later and larger attacks (or maybe give Russia the info). Yes, they obviously didn’t try to hit any of our soldiers or equipment. But no matter if the attack was strategic, or tactical, I still don’t trust the Iranians.