Posted on 03/14/2024 9:40:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Yeah,but the jew haters will vote for me...That’s the most important thing in my life...Welllll,that and ice cream.....
“How do you “murder” military personnel supporting combat missions in a war zone?”
More of your disrespectful, anti-American BS - read: lies
1) Jordan is not “in a war zone”
2) Iran is conducting terror operations against all nations in the region yet not declaring war against any of them. The very definition of State Sponsored terrorism. And this is why Iran has been accurately described as a terrorist state for decades.
3) The US, in comparison, is in the ME at the request of nations to counter extra-national terrorist groups ISIS, Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran, etc.
You are grossly naive of the world, the nations within it, their societies, politics and values. The only mindset you exhibit is an irrational and morally fraudulent condemnation of Western nations and actions. Look at Syria and Ukraine after Russian intervention. Compare that with Iraq and Jordan. The nations and people of the region absolutely despise Russians. And now Iran too. They bring nothing but destruction, poverty and corruption.
Would not be the least bit surprising to find VarJar’s fingerprints all over this deal.
They’re not fooling anyone.... pedoJoe isn’t running anything.
“When the mushroom cloud appears or Biden is no longer in the WH or when a Hamas operative stands in front of your door.”
Well, the only ending I might have some control over would be that last one. And trust me... I’ll be ready.
Come to think of it, that 2nd option might prompt that first option to occur (the left would be that desperate, maybe?). But then, that may just be my paranoia kicking in.
“Would not be the least bit surprising to find VarJar’s fingerprints all over this deal.
They’re not fooling anyone.... pedoJoe isn’t running anything.”
Yeah, this is more like deja vu re: the Obamanation all over again.
Jordan is not "in a war zone."
Syria is. And the U.S. base in Jordan was established there for the purpose of supporting U.S. military operations across the border in Syria -- which the U.S. has occupied for years in a blatant violation of another nation's sovereignty.
Look at Syria and Ukraine after Russian intervention. Compare that with Iraq and Jordan.
The Russian "intervention" in Ukraine is no different than the U.S. invasion of countless nations in my adult lifetime. At least Ukraine borders Russia, and the Russians aren't doing anything there that the U.S. hasn't done with bordering countries over the course of our existence. And Russia hasn't "intervened" in Syria. They were invited there by the Syrian government.
The nations and people of the region absolutely despise Russians. And now Iran too. They bring nothing but destruction, poverty and corruption.
The nations and people of the region despise the U.S., too -- though for very different reasons.
How do you “murder” military personnel supporting combat missions in a war zone?
First you have to classify uninvited foreign military personnel protecting the people stealing oil in an oil zone as military personnel supporting combat missions in a war zone.
Second, you need to have personnel who are not members of the uniformed services of a recognized nation, and not eligible to be treated as combatants, fire a peacekeeper rocket at the oil thief protectors. The warlike act of a unprivileged non-combatant would qualify as the simple civilian crime of murder.
I would say there's a better than even chance that the "murder" of those three U.S. military personnel involved a U.S. drone that either: (1) malfunctioned and accidentally crashed inside the perimeter of the U.S. base in Jordan, or (2) was hacked by adversaries who were able to gain control over it and guide it.
Impeachable offense.
Notably missing from your list is Afghanistan, who was so appreciative of American intervention that the Taliban returned to power shortly after we left, albeit with over a billion dollars worth of American tech and weaponry left behind.
As for Iraq, it's uncertain as to whether or not the government we support will end up heading down the same path as Saddam Hussein (the "son of a bitch" we supported as a proxy against Iran, until we no longer didn't), or if they end up deciding that throwing their lot in with Iran will be worth the Islamic religious headaches given how mercurial American foreign policy is.
Jordan, on the other hand...well, their particular geopolitical stability as an ally tends to hinge on how hot or cold their relationship with Israel runs at any given moment. Given the current conflict between Israel and Hamas, Jordan is decidedly "colder" than normal. And this is without getting into the complexities of the religious/geopolitical proxy conflict ongoing between Saudi Arabia and Iran for control over the Middle East.
Quite honestly, the most "pro-American" thing that can be done at this juncture (since the modern citizenry are not going to tolerate the investment of blood and treasure needed to actually occupy territory in the Middle East...notwithstanding that we're too bloody broke to afford it) is to wash our hands of the whole mess and let them have at it.
One interesting angle to that fiasco is that I'm not convinced the public has been told the full story of what happened.
I'm fully convinced that the public has rarely ever been told the full story of that sort of happening.
Since it’s a topical example, consider the USS Liberty attack from 1967; it wasn’t until 40 years later that the Chicago Tribune publicized previously unreported first-hand accounts indicating that the NSA (contra it’s prior stance) had actually intercepted the communications of the attacking Israeli pilots, saying that not only did transcripts of those communications exist, but also that it showed the Israelis knew they were attacking an American naval vessel.
It’ll probably be decades before it becomes officisply known as to what extent America’s military involvement extends to places like Syria, Jordan, and Ukraine. Until then, we have to settle for Twitter/TikTok accounts of dubious quality.
Never agreed with how Afghanistan was handled. They should have left after OBL was killed. Mission accomplished.
It was just foolhardly to try an Iraq-style reconstruction in a region with no national economy, industry or cohesion. There was nothing to rebuild. Nothing to provide a value for civilization.
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