American fighter jets strike Iran linked sites in Syria
In retaliation for recent attacks aimed at US troops in Syria, a couple of U.S. F-16 fighter jets attacked Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps linked sites. These sites stored the type of ammunition used against US positions in Syria. The strike was proportional and was intended to only target those who have been attacking US troops. The strikes were not intended to widen the conflict that is occurring in Israel.
From the Associated Press:
According to a senior U.S. military official, the precision strikes were carried out near Boukamal by two F-16 fighter jets, and they struck weapons and ammunition storage areas that were connected to the IRGC. The official said there had been Iranian-aligned militia and IRGC personnel on the base and no civilians, but the U.S. does not have any information yet on casualties or an assessment of damage. The official would not say how many munitions were launched by the F-16s.
A senior defense official said the sites were chosen because the IRGC stores the types of munitions there that were used in the strikes against U.S. bases and troops. The two officials briefed reporters after the strikes on condition of anonymity to provide details on the mission that had not yet been made public.
According to the Pentagon, there have now been at least 19 attacks on U.S. bases and personnel in Iraq and Syria since Oct. 17, including three new ones Thursday. Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said 21 U.S. personnel were injured in two of those assaults that used drones to target al-Asad Airbase in Iraq and al-Tanf Garrison in Syria.
In a statement, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the “precision self-defense strikes are a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups that began on October 17.”
He said President Joe Biden directed the narrowly tailored strikes “to make clear that the United States will not tolerate such attacks and will defend itself, its personnel, and its interests.” And he added that the operation was separate and distinct from Israel’s war against Hamas.
The Associated Press has additional information here.
Category: Iran, Syria, Terror War
Proportional = Endless War. Good for the military industrial complex.
Agreed.. just as smart munitions are better for the MIC than plain old dumb bombs.. these precision weapons are far over utilized, we need to go back to major strikes with iron bombs. Make war painful (for the enemy) again. The focus on collateral damage is far overblown. Maybe if we stopped worrying so much about things like this, the enemy would get the message faster..
It’s also funny that he thinks these strikes are separate from Israel / Ham-Ass… You can bet that the goat fuckers don’t think so..
Just another head on the Jihadist hydra.
Make War Great Again?
MWGA?
I dig it!
Yep.
Of course it will be broadcast that the airstrikes actually destroyed a playground for handicapped orphans. 🙄
Green Helmet Guy and his teddy bear are speeding over right now.
As in this case, it is better to give than receive.
The Oracle Concerning Damascus
Isaiah 17:1
Ancient documents waiting for fulfillment?
Had to look it up. All will be fulfilled eventually.
Prime example of FAFO
Someone explain to me why, if we are attacked, we rain down bombs. Israel gets attacked, or suckered punched if you will, we ask them to stand down. Yea, hostages etc, but ham ass has no, nada, zero desire to negotiate. None.
All the while Israel stands down just gives ham ass time to resupply to the best of their ability. Or create more chaos.
Ham ass gives not 1 diddly squat about the hostages. Somebody besides me gets to decide if 200 or so hostages are worth more than the whole of israel.
1 B-52 flight dropping standard 500lb iron bombs. 1 pass, maybe 2 if there’s unfavorable winds. Gaza will be as barren as my field of fucks.
Spot on Sarge, that seems like not only a great, but a very fiscally responsible solution.. far less expensive that the alternatives, and likely more effective..
Make Arc Light Great Again!
Carpet bombing means a clean sweep…it also makes the rubble bounce. fapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfap Cigarette?
Proportional?
War is the means to make the other guy surrender no matter how bloody a nose you give them.
McNamara did that in Vietnam and we saw how that played out.
Zelensky must be crying in his borscht
” I go fist my leather bagel on Onlyfans, you tip 155mm? I get to elbow, you send Abrams? It’s a sexy time! “
Might just be time to find a “proxy” who will strike targets in Iran. *raises my hand* “I’ll be your proxy!”