Posted on 02/01/2024 8:46:57 PM PST by Angelino97
The United States is poised to launch strikes in Iraq and Syria against targets that include Iranian personnel and facilities, according to senior U.S. officials.
President Joe Biden said Tuesday he had made up his mind on how to respond to the drone strike in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border that killed three American soldiers and wounded more than 40.
The U.S. blamed the drone attack on Iran-backed militants.
On Thursday, CBS News reported that plans for days of strikes had been approved.
Biden's top diplomat, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, said on Monday the U.S. response 'could be multi-leveled, come in stages, and be sustained over time.'
In its report, CBS did not provide details on what a U.S. approval meant in terms of a timeline for the strikes.
The drone attack was the first deadly strike against U.S. forces since the Israel-Gaza war erupted in October, and marked an escalation in tensions that have engulfed the Middle East.
U.S. officials have to weigh how to punish Iran-backed militias without triggering a wider war. They have repeatedly said they do not want a war with Iran.
And they have pointed to Kataib Hezbollah as the group behind Sunday's drone attack.
It is considered the most powerful faction in the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a broad grouping of Iran-backed militias.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said: 'This particular attack was egregious … the attack was on the sleeping area of our base.
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If we start taking out foreign leaders, we are setting a new precedent. our politicians will become open game and could be taken out any time...Hey! I now love this idea!
US is not “being dragged in”: Joe Burden is rushing in to distract everyone from his miserable performance, you understand, the way Democrats are prone to do—start wars to distract from the corruption and failure at home.
GOOD! Fk that dirtbag. He architected the death of many Americans. Rest in piss, Soleimani.
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Soleimani got better than he deserved.
Don’t we have 58 bases full of troops within range of Iranian missiles in the area? Like the same troops the Iranians just killed? Hundreds, maybe thousands of American sitting duck boys in very real danger.
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That will be Joe Burden’s next move is to announce the precise location of all our troops to leave them vulnerable to attack.
Biden’s wars aren’t meant to be won
they are meant to be continuous
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Bingo
Oh, they know where they all are. I’m sure each and every one has been targeted. They serve no purpose other than as trip wires. They have no military value.
Peeorera may fight back, and win against the battalion clad in pink WXYZABC7836 homo’s.
When I read and watch movies and documentaries on it I see the main problem. Being ex military, I can speak to it.
Men without wives and children they are committed to cherishing and loving are useless. They have no real skin in the game. They simply follow orders and indulge themselves in all manners of dark desires and selfishness.
A great assessment. My first thought was “ why is a FOREIGN PUBLICATION telegraphing OUR military moves in the first place?? I remember, during the First Gulf War a reporter asked Shwartzkopf when the attack would start.
He shut her down real quick!
In a more sane time, the President would let the military run the war.
Now, our military AND OUR PRESIDENT DON’T KNOW WHAT THE HELL THEY ARE DOING.
Hit them hard. Wound them deeply, when they don’t expect it!
Biden is going to get all of our troops over there killed.
“Hit them hard. Wound them deeply, when they don’t expect it!”
Air drop ten thousand trans soldiers.
Iranians would flee in terror.
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Maybe that’s the plan.
Unleash the drag queen battalions!
Boy, I’m glad Biden protected us by not saying anything till after the attacks…. (s)
Wonder how history would be different if the Japanese had announced their intention to bomb Pearl Harbour....
Hit them hard. Wound them deeply, when they don’t expect it!
Excellengt opportunityu to com[pleytel;ydestroy their uranium enrichment plant. Turn it into dust.USe 100 super bunker busters.
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Don't worry. He's not making any decisions.
Instead, worry about the unknown puppet masters who are making the decisions.
The dipshits running the Whitehouse never consider “unintended consequences” until they create a situation much worse than the original, then they just rinse and repeat their stupidity.
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