Three US Army soldiers were killed and more than 30 service members were injured in a drone attack overnight on a small US outpost in Jordan, US officials told CNN, marking the first time US troops have been killed by enemy fire in the Middle East since the beginning of the Gaza war.
Been staring intently at this map I got here for a while, but struggling to find out how USians are “risking their own safety for the safety of their fellow Americans” by stationing themselves in Syria (which is where they were, let’s face it). There would be no fellow Americans to risk their safety for if they just went the fuck home.
Sidenote: The framing of their headline photo of Biden being centered in front of the Isn’t Real flag instead of the US flag is just chef’s kiss. From a sympathetic article no less.
They have explicitly stated that they were in Tower 22, a US base in Jordan. The Syrian base was also hit, but the fatalities occurred at the Jordanian outpost.
And to answer your question. “They’re there to bring freedom and protect the people there from the evil terrorists! Which ones? We don’t care!”
Been staring intently at this map I got here for a while, but struggling to find out how USians are “risking their own safety for the safety of their fellow Americans” by stationing themselves in Syria (which is where they were, let’s face it). There would be no fellow Americans to risk their safety for if they just went the fuck home.
Sidenote: The framing of their headline photo of Biden being centered in front of the Isn’t Real flag instead of the US flag is just chef’s kiss. From a sympathetic article no less.
They have explicitly stated that they were in Tower 22, a US base in Jordan. The Syrian base was also hit, but the fatalities occurred at the Jordanian outpost.
And to answer your question. “They’re there to bring freedom and protect the people there from the evil terrorists! Which ones? We don’t care!”