This is just the appearance of action, designed to make people think that the U.S. responded to the killing of the soldiers, but without provoking war with Iran, which the Biden regime remains desperate to appease. It accomplishes nothing and changes nothing, except possibly that it will lead to a retaliatory strike from Iran on U.S. troops in Iraq, who have no reason to be there and should be brought back home.
“US strikes targets in Iraq and Syria after Middle East drone attack kills three soldiers,” by Tom Vanden Brook and Michael Collins, USA Today, February 2, 2024:
WASHINGTON — U.S. warplanes unleashed a barrage of 85 strikes Friday against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Force and militias in Iraq and Syria linked to Sunday’s attack in Jordan that killed three soldiers.
The airstrikes used 125 precision munitions, according to U.S. Central Command. The targets included rockets, missiles, drones and logistics systems used by the militias to attack U.S. and its allies, as well as centers for command and control and intelligence,
”The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world,” President Joe Biden said in a statement announcing the attacks. “But let all those who might seek to do us harm know this: If you harm an American, we will respond.”
The strikes lasted about 30 minutes and targeted seven facilities – three in Iraq and four in Syria, said John Kirby, White House spokesman for national security issues.
Kirby said targets were carefully selected to avoid civilian casualties and were based on “a clear, irrefutable evidence that they were connected to the attacks on U.S. personnel” in the region.
Defense Department officials are in the early stages of assessing the damage, Kirby said, “but we believe that the strikes were successful.”…
tom parry says
why not aim a strike against 1000’s in Yemin shouting death to america, Just a few bombs could kill
thousands of these jihad devils. Yes you know why we dont because we love have Biden and his handlers to just keep the endless war going on forever, I wish the USA would send the message of death to those who chant the death of usa.
OLD GUY says
I wish we could track where all that money went that Biden sent to Iran. Seems like Iran bought protection from American responses to their murdering and aggressive actions in the region. Just saying.