Posted on 01/28/2024 11:36:36 AM PST by Mariner
A drone attack killed three US service members and injured at least 25 others in Jordan, near the Syria border, on Saturday, according to President Joe Biden.
The deaths are the first US military fatalities connected to the conflict in Gaza, which began last October.
While US officials have blamed the attack on an "Iranian-backed" group, it has not yet specified exactly which one they think is responsible, according to The Associated Press. Hamas is thought to be back by Iran, as is Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. The Houthis have been launching drone attacks on ships in the Red Sea for months.
Biden said the United States is "still gathering the facts" regarding Saturday's "despicable and wholly unjust" attack. He pledged retaliation.
"Have no doubt — we will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner of our choosing," the president said on Sunday.
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5 minutes after US troops were killed and injured, there should have been retaliation,,,,why is Joe waiting so long. Maybe he is waiting for his check, that paid him off, to clear.
Someone please explain America’s present deep interest in the mid-east, particularly in remote places in Syria and Iraq’s border
And moreover, WHAT have we gained from it, besides thousands of dead GI’s and bankrupting the nation. We invaded Iraq to “promote democracy” and yet 20 years later, China controls Iraq’s largest oil fields.
In the 1970s, America’s oil production started to decline, so naturally, we and our Saudis needed a stable Persian Gulf
Now the USA is an oil/gas exporter and largest producer in the world. It shouldn’t matter to us if the Persian Gulf burns.
Or is it protecting Israel.
Or maybe he's waiting for his daily serving of pudding. The Iranian navy and that of Yemen (if they have one) should have been reduced to rubble last week.
Barack Obama further fundamentally transforming America. Is everyone happy about that?
Retaliation? You are already loosing.....this should of NEVER happened. His non offensive position kills US service men and women....FJB
Face it. Be they Sunni Arabs or Shiite Iranians/Houthis, they hate Americans with a passion.
Joe’s idea of retaliation will be directed at conservatives and patriots.
FJB. FJB. FJB. FJB. FJB.
and why do we have troops in Jordan?
Oh yeah...
3, 2, 1...
We’re waiting Joe .....
Dems are getting nervous about how when Israelis retaliate to end the terrorist plans to kill more people after October 7th, there is collateral damage and harsh, warlike action against the bad guys and their human shields. Sounds cruel. Not like their Harvard or Berkeley campus lawns where they eat tofu and read Marx and Lenin between classes. Too violent over there. Should sign a peace agreement during a ceasefire./S
Why. Are. We. There.
Is there any country we don’t have troops in these days?
That would be a much shorter list.
We are there to make the world safe for perverts.
Don’t take my word for it—check out the recruiting materials for any of the Armed Forces.
FJB. FJB. FJB. FJB. FJB.
>>>I pity the families of these fallen heroes and hope they may be spared any more anguish in having this POS Commander-in-Chief foist his presence as their remains return to Dover AFB.
Just like Bill Clinton was going to hunt down, and bring to justice, the perpetrators of the first World Trade Center bombing, the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, and the bombing attack on the U.S.S. Cole.
The U.S.
He’s gonna retaliate by ordering all of the terrorists to take a shower with him
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