There are 200+ posts and the most important aspecxt has not been commented on.
The attention is to the gun platform and there is confusion in the fog of media about what it actually was.
More important in my view is the fact that the retreat was followed by a drone continuously watching the enemy.
This means our spec ops types have been there all along watching all and telling the Etheopians where and with what to strike.
Regarding the apparent misdescription of "esca;lation", this should be characterisexd as "resumption"
The war in Iraq is a continuation as is this action.
This means our spec ops types have been there all along watching all and telling the Etheopians where and with what to strike.
Exactly....
Yes.
Excellent point, bert. The AC-130 didn't just happen to be in the neighborhood, and decide to lighten it's load a bit! It was definitely directed there by someone with a bigger view of what was happening.