The strikes in Syria and Iraq will take place over a number of days, American officials tell CBS News.
  • MonsterMonster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    182·
    10 months ago

    There was a time when all this would have been hush hush and we’d find out about it in the following day or so newspaper. Now we and they get a heads up before the event. Are they selling tickets?

    • Telodzrum@lemmy.worldEnglish
      143·
      10 months ago

      There’s a lot of value to telegraphing this particular set of operations as it gives Iran time to move any high-value targets and prevent out-of-control escalation.

      • Cinner@lemmy.worldBEnglish
        8·
        10 months ago

        Adding to this

        Citing unnamed sources, Reuters on Thursday reported that Iran had withdrawn senior officials from Syria following a series of Israeli airstrikes in a bid to avoid being directly drawn into a wider conflict in the region.

        US officials told CNN this week that there were signs that the Iranian government was becoming increasingly concerned about the actions of its proxy groups in the region, who have launched over 160 attacks on US forces since October.

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      10 months ago

      When was that time? Talk to anyone alive during the Flatlands thingy and they will tell you how the news was showing nightly where the fleet was. I remember protesting the Iraq war and had like 6 months of heads up.

  • Gigan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    134·
    10 months ago

    Just waiting for China to invade Taiwan for WW3 to really kick off

  • CluelessLemmyng@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    9·
    10 months ago

    The article suggests Iran is losing its influence on its proxies. That’s an interesting take, but I wouldn’t hold my breath that it would help simmer things down.

      • Deceptichum@kbin.social
        137·
        10 months ago

        Hearing this phrase repeated ad nauseam these past fee days is pretty fucked up.

        Because we all know many innocent people are going to get caught up in such an unproportional attack.

        Its like you’re all salivating for death.

        to reduce the risk of inadvertently hitting civilians

        Something the US is as famous as Israel for.

        • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
          93·
          10 months ago

          It’s not a foregone conclusion civilians will die. For example, none were killed last month when the US drone struck the PMF militias. I will be upset by and do not condone any civilian getting killed. No matter what happens, it will be the result of Pro-Iranian militias killing US forces when they had no need to.

          • Doorbook@lemmy.worldEnglish
            63·
            10 months ago

            They had no need to?

            USA is a country in North America, they are the one who station soldiers in another continent for no reason and continue to work with groups in the region to ensure instability. They should expect to be attacked.

            Here an example where USA and Iran worked together against ISIS

            https://web.archive.org/web/20230204083535/https://theintercept.com/2019/11/18/iran-isis-iraq-kurds/

            “The battle of Makhmour represented another important milestone in the war against ISIS: It was the place where two foreign military interventions began. One was directed by the U.S.-led international coalition, which provided air support and later, heavy weaponry. The other, in the form of ammunition, training, and intelligence support, came from Iran. Over the course of a few short days that August, coalition airstrikes hit ISIS positions in the parched desert hills near Makhmour, leveling the playing field between the heavily armed extremists and the Kurdish fighters.”

          • Deceptichum@kbin.social
            77·
            10 months ago

            I understand the need for a retaliatory strike.

            I don’t understand the need to meme about what is going to be a large civilian death toll or ‘collateral damage’ as you rephrased it as.

            Be better.

            • theodewere@kbin.social
              46·
              10 months ago

              it sounds like you already know how many civilians will be killed… do you have them lined up in front of your military radar installations?

              • Deceptichum@kbin.social
                72·
                10 months ago

                No, Im just aware of US military history.

                Like how you reduced the risks in Iraq and Afghanistan, or Vietnam or Cambodia, etc.

                • theodewere@kbin.social
                  27·
                  10 months ago

                  i’m sure you’re a dedicated internet forum expert on that and lots of US foreign policy

    • BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      First I’ve ever heard that term - what do you mean by hex code? Is this a logistics thing?

  • badbytes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    96·
    10 months ago

    Congress needs to approve acts of war. These are not defensive. Holy shit, now US going to fight IRAN. Shit Biden, slow your roll.

    • Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      116·
      10 months ago

      No, the President can initiate such strikes. He has 48 hours to justify them to congress. I don’t think congress will have a problem with it. Nice try though. I learned this in high school.

      • badbytes@lemmy.worldEnglish
        36·
        9 months ago

        You should be proud of getting a high school education. Who’s a smart boy. You are. Awwwwwh

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    The US has approved plans for a series of strikes on Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq, officials have told the BBC’s US partner CBS News.

    That group, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, is believed to contain multiple militias that have been armed, funded and trained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards force.

    President Joe Biden has been under mounting pressure from Republican lawmakers, including some of Washington’s most hawkish voices on Iran, to strike targets on Iranian soil.

    But while the US has repeatedly pledged to respond to the drone attack, Mr Biden and other defence officials have said Washington is not seeking a wider war with Iran or an escalation of tensions in the region.

    Citing unnamed sources, Reuters on Thursday reported that Iran had withdrawn senior officials from Syria following a series of Israeli airstrikes in a bid to avoid being directly drawn into a wider conflict in the region.

    US officials told CNN this week that there were signs that the Iranian government was becoming increasingly concerned about the actions of its proxy groups in the region, who have launched over 160 attacks on US forces since October.

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