US coalition forces have issued a statement on Wednesday confirming a series of US airstrikes against Syrian pro-government forces along the Euphrates River. The statement insisted that the attacks were in “self-defense.”
The statement was very light on details, but accused pro-Syrian forces of attacking the “headquarters” of the Syrian Defense Forces, where US troops were stationed. No casualties apparently happened, but this was enough to launch a series of airstrikes against nearby forces.
It’s not clear who the US forces attacked, or what casualties, if any, were inflicted. Iranian forces are known to be deployed in the area, as are some Russians, either of whom might be labeled as “pro-Assad” by the US government, but the attacking of which could have substantial ramifications.
Such strikes reflect the reality that, after the defeat of ISIS, the US has said troops in Syria are there primarily with an eye toward imposing regime change in Syria, and picking fights with the Iranians.
Another war crime committed by a president Justin Raimondo believes in….
Antiwar?
How many times must this be repeated? Presidents do NOT make, plan or carry out foreign policy. Not a single president since Eisenhower had any clue about the Galactic Empire’s foreign policy.
So why are you still squatting here in the comment section for all these years? You strawman Justin and for what? He never claimed Trump was a peace president at all. At most he’s said he might be slightly better than the alternative. That’s not a ringing endorsement but if you believe that Justin is now on the side of the warmongers why stay here? Isn’t there someplace else you would feel more comfortable at that isn’t full of warmonger supporters?
Finally someone willing to stand up to these biased idiots. I as an American have witnessed the most biased and hypocritical viewpoints I’ve ever heard on this forum. American citizens that support our brave military personnel are called fu**’;g idiots, while the people go out of there way to defend Russia, Iran, North Korea, and lately because there not on good terms Turkey. On this forum you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t and if you’re Pro-American your just damned, it’s sad.
Its an ambitious definition of self defense; the U.S. never liked that the SAA crossed the Euphrates into wannabe American Kurdistan.
Looking at the Wiki Syrian Civil War map it appears that tiny strip the Syrian Army holds in the Khusham are is just across and downriver of Deir Ezzor city, capital of Dier Ezzor Governate. Comparing with Google Maplandia, that would mean the SAA holds the fertile strip of land by the river and the pitstop town of Khusham on the main highway.
That would also give Syria control of a small section of the main highway running along the West Euphrates. The U.S. controls the rest but obviously any traffic has to detour into the desert around the SAA positions. The U.S. probably can’t stand that little inconvenience and wants them gone back across the Euphrates.
No the Pro-Russian Syrian militias fired mortars and shelled the American positions where American troops were stationed. America military retaliated by destroying 3 tanks and killing 100 pro-Syrian forces. You must understand the attack from across the Euphrates river was un-provoked, and I know someone will be quick to point out we’re not even supposed to be there, probably the same people that give Turkey a pass when they go on a bombings spree killing civilians. That point is mute because, America is there and we’re teaching the idiots dumb enough to follow orders to shell American positions the consequences that follow. I’m glad our military showed restraint and didn’t annihilate surrounding enemy positions which we can do very easily. We let them off easy this time, they better thank Allah.
You can’t invade someone else’s country and not call it a provocation. Someone’s going to resist, and resisting ongoing direct assault negates ‘self defense’.
You seem like a ‘stand your ground’ kind of guy; some junkie breaks into your house, that someone’s going to get what he deserves. If the cops broke into your house, you’d make them pay in court if you survived.
Nor did I give Turkey a free pass for invading Afrin; it contributes to the Golanization of the Syrian border, kills more or less innocent civilians and destroys Syrian cultural heritage and artifacts.
However, Turkey is dealing with a neighboring terrorist threat that is directly assaulting its territory. A threat the U.S. contributed to inflating by arming DAESH and weakening the legitimate Syrian government’s ability to deal with armed terrorism.
The United States shares no border with Syria and has no legitimate stake in Syria’s future.
We had a legitimate enemy in Syria called ISIS that was a threat to the innocent people of Syria and Iraq that they enslaved and that the Syrian government was unable to defeat on it’s own. Now the Kurds that helped defeat ISIS in Syria that are our allies are in need of our assistance. I know you wish America had provoked this attack and I know you wish those pro-Syrian forces had overrun our base and our allies would’ve suffered mass casualties but, it didn’t work out that way. There was an article about how Russian jets bombed civilians in Syria a day ago on this site, I didn’t see you criticize them for bombing civilians. I know it’s hard for you to understand that America has the capability to deter,and hunt down any threat to our countries security. America hunts down the people responsible for chopping the heads off our citizens, and we won’t leave until the jobs done. America is a powerful nation and we’re proving it everyday we stay in Syria and show the world the consequences of attempting to install an evil caliphate full of rapists, murderers, and pure souls of evil. Right now Turkey is recruiting ex-ISIS fighters to take on the Kurds. It’ll be ISIS 2.0 with Turkish military power as it’s benefactor. As long as this is going on America isn’t going anywhere but, you can keep rooting for ISIS, Iran, Russia,Syria and Turkey while we’re there. Get used to being disappointed because we’re fighting to win, those morons that attacked America’s base learned that the hard way today.