Biden says US 'shall respond' after drone strike by Iran-backed group kills 3 US troops in Jordan
Three Americans killed, 'many' wounded in drone attack by Iran-backed militia in Jordan, Biden says
At this point, it feels more likely than not the Middle East is going to explode.
The middle east has been ablaze for longer than Muslims have been a thing.
It's a relative thing. Right now, what war there is is mostly within the internationally recognised borders, as opposed to across them. If shit really pops off we could see, like, Dubai being leveled by Iranian rockets and most of the survivors dying of thirst with no desalination plants.
Also, since we're doing nitpicks, the Middle east wasn't necessarily more warlike than every other civilisational region. It's just that China or the Himalayas aren't in the Bible, so Anglos don't think about them as much.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday that the U.S. “shall respond” after three American troops were killed and dozens more were injured in an overnight drone strike in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border.
Iran-backed fighters in east Syria began evacuating their posts, fearing U.S. airstrikes, according to Omar Abu Layla, a Europe-based activist who heads the Deir Ezzor 24 media outlet.
The U.S. in recent months has struck targets in Iraq, Syria and Yemen to respond to attacks on American forces in the region and to deter Iran-backed Houthi rebels from continuing to threaten commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
Jordan, a staunch Western ally and a crucial power in Jerusalem for its oversight of holy sites there, is suspected of launching airstrikes in Syria to disrupt drug smugglers, including one that killed nine people earlier this month.
Three officials with Iran-backed militias in Iraq, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter with journalists, said the drone attack against the base in Jordan was launched by one of the Iraqi groups.
Associated Press writers Bassem Mroue and Abby Sewell in Beirut, Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad, Omar Akour in Amman, Jordan and Jon Gambrell in Jerusalem contributed to this report.
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The US killed 10 people when they attacked the baghdad international airport with a drone strike in 2020. So dont cry now. You never faced consequences for this terror attack.
I really hope Dark Brandon demolishes these fucks.
As someone who voted for him in 2020: I don't.
I voted for Biden and will in the next cycle, but this dark Brandon meme stuff will never cease to make me physically cringe....
It's some trumpian demigod worship level cringe...
Won't be his sons dying anyway, some other desperate american will - but hey war cool, lets have fun!!
His son did serve and went to Iraq. So nice try on the cheap shot.
Modern Democrats really are just Bush era Republicans.
They'd rather move to the right or lose to fascists than compromise with leftists.
I'll say one thing for Trump, he got the pro-corporate trash DNC to show their true colors. Hopefully they slide so far right they make the Republican party nonviable and it opens the door for a new party. A leftist party. It's time.
This is American news, not World news.
This is one of those boundary crossing stories.
US troops dying inside the US? - US News. (yes, it DOES HAPPEN).
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-army-soldiers-killed-truck-flips-alaska-training-rcna118527
US troops dying as a result of foreign action inside a 3rd country? - World News.
Iran backed group attacks American troops in Jordan.
Literally news in three countries
Considering the Suez canal is being effectively blockade, this affects everyone, and is very much world news.
What are they doing in Jordan?
That's actually a really good question:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/americans-killed-middle-east-1.7097419
"The small installation, which Jordan does not publicly disclose, includes U.S. engineering, aviation, logistics and security troops. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said the troops were deployed there "to work for the lasting defeat of ISIS." Three officials said the drone struck near the troops' sleeping quarters, which they said explained the high casualty count."
All just part of our long standing partnership with Jordan. Interesting that Jordan is not claiming the installation, preferring to state it's in Syria.
Jordan not taking responsibility for the base on their land is how you know some shady ass black site shit is going on there - it's a convenient way to reduce liability in case it ever comes out.
Syria being a near failed state seems like a good scapegoat to pin shit like this on.
Suppress the population from rising up against their government. The 2020 American military aid picture (before Ukraine) paints pretty well which governments are American puppets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_foreign_aid
'Coincidentally' Egypt and Jordan are right next to Palestine.