Tell Me About That Expectation of ‘Not Escalating a Regional Conflict’
(Washington Post) U.S. strikes in Syria and Iraq kill dozens of militants. U.S. strikes against Iran-linked militants in Iraq and Syria killed dozens of fighters and several civilians, according to the Iraqi government, militia groups and a local monitoring network on Saturday, in the Biden administration’s first round of retaliatory action for an attack last week in Jordan that killed three U.S. troops.
We have absolutely no idea of who we killed
None. Zero, nada. So, here we go again, with the old American knee a jerkin’ because we’re pissed at Iran. So, we go after what we choose to call ‘their proxies’ and Biden thinks “that’s that, done and dusted.”
Which, of course, is utter foolishness, but it begs a question. Why (and how) did we happen to lose three American troops…and wound forty more, in Jordan?
Jordan?
Why were we even there?
(global affairs.org) As of September 2022, there are 171,736 active-duty military troops across 178 countries, with the most in Japan (53,973), Germany (35…