peacefan
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US 'not looking for a war with Iran,' White House says, strikes designed to 'put an end' to attacks on troops
The White House stressed Friday evening that the United States is “not looking for a war with Iran," saying the retaliatory strikes carried out in Syria and Iraq were designed to “de-escalate" tensions and “put an end" to attacks on U.S. troops in the region.
i disagree with this particular statement by mr Gingrich (who is backed in this view by other Republicans of course), based on the fact that in order to be that shining city of light on the hill, we have to be willing to stick our necks out (Biden has done that by keeping troops stationed in the Iranian region), and smart enough to strike back with just-enough force ("the 2020s Democrat Military Doctrine") to send a chill down the spine of a government like Iran's.
and if we want to be able to stay a volunteer-only force, we need to pay close attention to how strong our grip on that moral highground is at any given time.
with anti-Israel demonstrations on the rise, pooling from anti-western sentiments and with pictures of Palestinian kids injured in combat zones now rampant throughout western societies (and not just on weekends, we got that stuff going on week round over here in my Amsterdam's Dam Square, which is also one of the places where we honor the men and women who died for this country in the past),
you can EXPECT the militant side of that story to come out sooner or later, on another Oct 7th or even 9/11 scale.
yes, that's a relative pin-prick in casualty numbers compared to what we'll have to do to them in return.
but the Israelis had to live under the threat of constant terrorism, and their kung fu manuals were so horrific to read through that frankly i just had to discard them. biting through the jugular vanes in the neck of a bombpack carrying suicide terrorist?
coz that's the Muslim's militant side in full swing folks.
and they're gearing up, to chemical warfare and drones and nukes, but God-knows what else as well.
so the fight against Muslim terrorism, against Iranian proxy warfare, MUST BE FOUGHT on all fronts[1] at the same time, pretty much all the time.
[1] from social media, forums and real-world Mosques-Attendees monitoring and other State-Oversight (read:intelligence services oversight) of Religious groups all the way to what we now see happening courtesy of US Forces in the Iranian region.
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