A Wednesday evening incident in which a salvo of small Katyusha rockets his an Iraqi camp, killing two US troops, looks to be the latest opportunity for unrestrained US escalation in the region, with the Pentagon declaring that “all options are on the table.”
For the Pentagon, “all options” pretty much always means war, and US officials have subsequently repeatedly blamed Kataib Hezbollah for the attacks, despite not having conclusively proven that, and investigations having barely started.
But Kataib Hezbollah is a potential culprit, and that’s good enough for most. Combined with referring to the Iraqi Shi’ite group as “Iran-backed,” it was no surprise that President Trump has already authorized the military to respond.
On Thursday, there were reports that the US targeted several Shi’ite militias in Iraq, and while Defense Secretary Mark Esper said strikes inside Iraq were “the priority,” he refused to rule out attacking Iran outright.
ISIS plays the US like a Mighty Wurlitzer. The US is also like a cat chasing a red laser dot.
Pathetic.
The US knows what it’s doing. Why do you think they allowed ISIS to be created in the first place? Because they can blame any action they want on either ISIS or anyone else such as Iran depending on what the US wants to achieve. This strategy has been in place for decades. The US and the EU have been setting up and manipulating right-wing terrorists in Europe since WWII, and Muslim terrorists since at least the 1970’s.
You need viable enemies if you want to profit from wars. This is what the CIA was created for after WWII – create the conditions for US dominance and US wars everywhere in the world.
People have no idea how corrupt the US government is and always was – since before Abraham Lincoln, probably.
As usual, the US accuses, reacts and acts without showing any proof.
The US has a long history of false flag operations.
The US has many proxy, Jihads, mercenary and terrorist groups acting in the middle east.
As usual, if anyone dares touch “US troops”, no matter where they are and have not been invited, and in this case have been asked to leave, the immediate reaction is more killing.
I assume this is called “defense”.
I think I’d be a millionaire if I had received a dollar for every time I heard the phrase “all options are on the table”.
Options:
A: War
B: Bigger War
C: Smaller War
D: Fat War
E: Skinny War
F: Tall War
G: Vertically Challenged War
H: Gay War
I: Straight War
J: War that identifies as a cucumber
“while Defense Secretary Mark Esper said strikes inside Iraq were “the priority,” he refused to rule out attacking Iran outright.”
Sure, why not. The country is on lockdown so they won’t take to the streets. Have at it you murderous bastards.
As far as I see, the US only uses one option….rubbling
“All options on the table” is so reminiscent of “the gun is cocked” and other pathetic propaganda to rally the mongers into a frenzy.
Have you noticed that the US strategy regarding being attacked is the same as the Israel’s, large kill-ratio retaliation?
Anything to get that war with Iran started – or at least ramp up the subsequent “justifications” once the war does start. Once it starts, just like Iraq in 2003, the “justifications” will change from “WMDs” to “Saddam was a bad guy” – substitute “Iranian nuclear program” and “Iran were bad guys.”
If I were the head of Iran, I’d consider starting a real guerrilla war against US troops everywhere in the Middle East now, simply because that’s what Iran is going to have to do eventually – might as well get started early and reduce the number of US troops already there.
As they say, “If you have the Devil’s name, play the Devil’s game.”
As someone else said, “Cheat. Get your retaliation in first.”