President Biden and his top advisors worry that it’s just a matter of time before an American soldier is killed in Iraq or Syria amid a flurry of rocket attacks launched by Shia militias on US bases that started in response to US support for the Israeli slaughter in Gaza, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
US officials suggested that if an American is killed, President Biden would attack Iran directly, which could provoke a major war. Iran is allied with the Shia militias that have been taking credit for attacks on US troops, but Tehran has denied it’s involved in the operations.
In October, the Pentagon said it had no direct evidence Iran was ordering attacks on US troops, and a US official told CNN that how willing the Shia militias were to act independently was always a “persistent intelligence gap.” Regardless, the US is still blaming Iran for the attacks.
The report said US officials have been debating how to respond to the attacks and don’t want to “go so far that the conflict would escalate into a full-fledged war, particularly by striking Iran directly.”
However, if an American is killed, the US officials say they may have no choice but to attack Iran. “That is a red line that has not been crossed, but if the Iranian-backed militias ever have a day of better aim or better luck, it easily could be,” the report reads.
It’s unclear from the report if the US would bomb Iranian territory directly or target the Iranian military in Iraq or Syria. Israel recently killed five members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) by targeting them with airstrikes in Damascus, risking a response from Tehran.
So far, there have been over 140 attacks on US troops in Iraq and Syria since mid-October, and around 70 have been injured. The US has launched several airstrikes in response, prompting calls from the Iraqi government for the US and other foreign forces to withdraw from the country. But President Biden is choosing to stay, putting the troops in harm’s way and risking a major war.
Is the Us giving new meaning to the word stupidity?,,,
Every single day, without fail.
Yes, but none of us are supposed to notice.
More like demented as in dementia…!&!!!! We are living the dreams of the money & power mad have foist on US.
Biden hopes American soldiers in Iraq or Syria are killed soon so he can blame Iran and start the war America’s war planners have wanted since this oil colony became independent. No one in this administration will admit the Iraqi militias, Syrians, Hezbollah, or Houthis are independent agents battling to defend themselves or Palestinians. No one will admit no Americans in America are threatened by them or Iran. No one is calling for the immediate withdrawal of all American forces from Iraq, Syria, Africa. Saving American lives is not what Biden and his war planners want.
Not just Biden. Nikki Haley, Mike Pompeo, Lindsey Graham, Paul Gosslar (just to name some republicans) regularly masturbate themselves into mind-numbing orgasms imagining dead american troops that can be used as a justification for war with Iran.
A pack of very, very sick and depraved people, who deserve every possible misery before their pathetic lives finally end.
I’m sure there aren’t many people alive today have any trouble imagining that. I have no doubt either that in the White House the cracking and creaking of Biden’s knees can be heard more frequently also whenever he feels the need for a solemn moment pleading with his God of preference for the death of Americans, preferably untelevisably gruesome, at His earliest convenience.
“Biden hopes American soldiers in Iraq or Syria are killed soon so he can blame Iran and start the war America’s war planners have wanted since this oil colony became independent”
It’s not all about oil…for neocons, US geopolitical domination is an autonomous, domestically self-generating imperative independent of economic domination.
US Troops Are Killed
And for what?.. For Israel.
BY Israel!
The NY Times reporter did not call attention to this lack of logic in any meaningful way. He also did not ask, given the supposed deep concern for the welfare of the troops expressed such that we are supposed to go to war if one is killed, why we don’t simply move them out of harm’s way to Bahrain and Qatar or, better yet, back home???
Best case scenario according to the Pentagon: We find a way to beat the crap out of Iran without provoking a major war.
Ah yes. The great military tactic searched for by leaders throughout time. How to attack your enemy without having them fire back!
The reporter also failed to call attention to what “striking Iran directly” may very well mean for millions of innocent people who happen to get in the way of a “full-fledged war.” Let us remember what a “full-fledged war” looks like:
“Biden Thinks It’s Just a Matter of Time Before US Troops Are Killed in Iraq or Syria”
I think so too. So, let’s support our troops and bring them home.
They have forgotten where home is.. Is it Germany, South Korea, Poland, or?
A lot of them are killed already but they don’t want to talk about that because people don’t like such news.
Do you have a citation for that claim? It isn’t easy to hide the deaths of “a lot of” US troops.
“A lot of them are killed already but…people don’t like such news.”
People also don’t like made up crap.
“A lot of them are killed already but…people don’t like such news.”
People also don’t like made up crap.
Another brilliant idea that has “can only make things much worse” written all over it. You’d think the Houthi model would be fresh in their minds. Then again, business is booming.
Hey Biden, Get our children out of harms way. What if they die? Biden: “It’s a price I’m willing to pay.”
“Hey Biden, Get our children out of harms way. What if they die?”
Biden: Tell that to the Houthis:
All they have to do is denounce Hamas.
And tell Hamas to return all the hostages and surrender.
And quit calling Israel’s slaughter genocide.
And back up their words by attacking Hamas.
Else Am has no choice but a Middle East defensive attack – it’s us or them!
And btw if ya don’t vote for me in November yr a pro-Hamas-rapist Jew hating Trump lover.
You describe it perfectly as if you were in Biden’s head. Did you see Satan while you were in there?
tip o’ the hat to yr stinging biden-one-liner…
Thank you, but he deserves all the credit. He makes it easy.
Much of the DC Establishment wants that war, they always have (“real men to go to Tehran”) and now those people say if this happens they’ll get their war.
Maybe they will. Maybe they’ll need more. But they’ll never stop trying.
We need regime change in DC.
“Much of the DC Establishment wants that war [with Iran]”?
1/ Yes:
“Neocons Don’t Regret the Iraq Disaster — And Now They Want War With Iran” (Jacobin)
“Neocons of America want war with Iran” (The National)
“Republican hawks now want a war with Iran…spy an opportunity in Israel” (Unherd)
“Neocons Scheme The Path To War Against Iran (Youtube)
“Neocons Wont Stop Until They Get Their War With Iran”(Truthdig
“The Neocons Strike Back”
“Washington has wanted war with Iran for decades” (New Republic)
2/ And – as it happens – Israel wants war with Iran too:
“How Ten Middle East Conflicts Are Converging Into One Big War”
“Israel’s fourth front is a shadow war with Iran playing out in Syria.” (New Yorker)
“Why Israel Wants a Permanent State of War.
“Despite being a nuclear menace and major aggressor in the Middle East region, Israel still claims it is a victim of its neighbours.
“Over the last few decades, Israel has been threatening war against Iran incessantly.” (Middle East Eye)
3/ ‘Pessimism of the intellect. Optimism of the will’: demand no.
Don’t worry. The Iranians will turn tail and run like Sadaam’s army…you know, in Iraq where everybody lived happily ever after.
Biden much like Bibi counts on a major war to keep his political career moving.
Well said.
Then WHY are they still there? Iraq, a sovereign nation created by us, wants them gone. Syria, a sovereign nation illegally occupied by us, wants them gone. All sympathy for any US troops who are put in that position; but “right” is on the side of Syria and Iraq.
Get. Out. Now.
Are they really sovereign? The CHIK-KEN SH*T Biden’s actions tell a different story I think.
Well, at least as sovereign as Ukraine is;
Their sovereignty ended in 2014 with the Obama/Biden regime change.
Germany did not even dare to investigate the NS pipeline sabotage, they never regained their sovereignty after WW.
Scholz is the German Zelensky.
The CIA, funded by the Foreign State office with offices in all embassies knows how to manage elections and regime changes.
Lured into a devastating war with the most powerful military on the planet so a few corrupt leaders could get rich!! Aint freedom wonderful!!!
Not happening got more Muslims to kill.
Worry my a**. US troops, stationed in the oil producing region of Syria so that the US can steal Syrian oil, are in Syria illegally and the US is black mailing Iraq by threatening to steal assets of the Iraq central bank if the Iraq gov’t votes to kick them out. The US troops are “human shield” for the US gov’t.
This is an admission of a False Flag that the genocide mental Joe doesn’t even know he’s revealing…!
All he has to do is bring American troops home, they have no business in Syria or Iraq.
What a mess. Bring the troops home from Syria and Iraq and we won’t be having this problem, now will we?
Not to worry, some of those troops will be moving inside Yemen.
And some won’t be moving… Ever.
By hook or by crook, they will. Eventually.
Maybe to be reinterred at Arlington, eventually.
That’s an intelligence test Biden has failed his entire miserable life.
Don’t even think about that. Netanyahu needs both, American money and American soldiers.
So when it comes to “being concerned”, one US soldier is equal to ~20,000 women and children…
That about right, Mr. president? Or should I say, Commander Cleanser?
No need for formality… Führer will do.
They don’t call him “Genocide Joe” for nothing…..
When nations assassinate other nations diplomats and scientists they should not whine about their soldiers being killed in countries they are not welcome in the first place.
Im sure that statement doesn’t include Russia, right?
Don, you lost all your marbles a long time ago.
Stupid Ukies were persuaded they could defeat Russia with NATO’s old junk and $$$$ from Uncle Genocide Joe.
We can yell, scream and protest but the PTB don’t care and are not paying attention.
This is all bullshit. Washington is not “worried” about attacking Iran. They’re worried about being BLAMED by the electorate for attacking Iran. Period. End of story.
The US have no right to be in Iraq or Syria, they have already been asked by the Iraqi government to remove their troops. The US troops in Syria constitutes an invasion.
It is not the first country we have invaded but if things go badly for the US and partners it will be the last.
Following the US assasination of General Sulemanyi in Iraq, this wasw the Iranian response.
That makes assassinating American generals and diplomats legal, right?
it is not the sons and daughters of Congress that are going to die in future ME or be World Wars.
Old Joe doing the mitzvah dance; but, there just might be a problem finding another “coalition of the willing” to slaughter Amaleks and their seed. … or, for that matter, even Merkan boys.
Wasnt he running on being the adult in the room?…good gracious
He was running on being the old geezer with dementia in the room.
No i know what it really was im Saying what they desprately tried to convey. Lmao
The troops in Syria and Iraq are can’t be defended. Practically (or morally).
If all hell breaks out, I doubt there will be another “surge” to reoccupy Iraq. US population does not have the stomach for it. A pointless air war will break out with Iran (& Iraq and Syria and…).
Washington Post’s long article about this mentions Iran seven times, Gaza only twice, and one of those in a quote from Qatar.
“the Iranian-backed movement”
“an Iran-linked faction”
How about writing that every time any country receiving any money from Washington does something? “The U.S.-backed faction.”
“weapons shipments from Iran”
“Western officials BELIEVE the most advanced equipment is provided by Iran”
“The Houthis now APPEAR to be receiving targeting assistance from Iran”
Funny how they will post any claim about Iran without adding “but the official provided no proof of this”. That phrase is what they always use when Russia gives statements in the war for Donbass. When they killed French officers with a missile, the media write they “provided no evidence”. They called the French ambassador in Moscow to the Foreign Minister for many hours, which is highly unusual, an obvious presentation of the proof they had.
Funny how they will post any claim about Iran without adding “but the official provided no proof of this.”
Sometimes they actually do say they don’t really have any proof.
In October, the Pentagon said it had no direct evidence Iran was ordering attacks on US troops, and a US official told CNN that how willing the Shia militias were to act independently was always a “persistent intelligence gap.” Regardless, the US is still blaming Iran for the attacks.
https://media1.giphy.com/media/4aFQ6F8s4wgz6/giphy-downsized-small.mp4
China may help Iran by attacking Taiwan. Where does that leave the US military with? Being stretched, they may pressure Japan and South Korea to help? Then there is North Korea
Why don’t Americans look at wars in the context of who’s right and who’s wrong, instead of just the strategic issues of fighting the wars? If a war is based on lies, which all wars are, then the killing of the aggressor forces should be kosher by international laws.
“I didn’t know it was going to be so hard to rule the world.” – Joe Biden
(sarcasm)
“However, if an American is killed, the US officials say they may have no
choice but to attack Iran”.
As I said several weeks ago, American troops are nothing more than a tripwire in the Middle East. There’s no other reason for them to be in that area, especially Syria and Iraq where they are not wanted.
Apparently the troops won’t be coming home until another 20 million illegal aliens arrive so we can play cowboys and aliens for DIE; diversity, inclusion, and equity with amnesties for all.
Biden can taste the blood already, he knows the war is getting closer by the day.
OFF TOPIC, BUT PERTINENT NEWS THAT THE WAR IS COMING HERE TO AMERICA. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/23/alleged-chemical-attack-columbia-students-pro-palestine-new-york
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/01/22/lfsy-j22.html
“NYPD is investigating claims that the chemical unleashed on these
students is “skunk”, an agent developed in Israel and used as a crowd
control weapon, most commonly in the occupied West Bank. SJP said the
chemicals were sprayed by two students who are former Israeli soldiers,
who mixed in with the crowd by wearing Palestinian keffiyehs.”
BOY, DID THE MSM BURY THIS STORY!! Wanna bet they’ll get away with it?
All riiiight! Now we have our “Red Line”.
Now Israel knows what it has to do.
Red line+Israeli false flag=WWIII.
Killing and being killed to preserve the empire . . . it’s not just a job, it’s an adventure!
So, 30,000 deaths of defenseless innocent people in Gaza is OK, but death to ONE US occupying soldier is “reason” top start a war that will kill thousands more Americans? Typical childish reasoning by the USG when it comes to wars! How many people have Israel and the USA killed without having to face a “revenge” attack? many for sure!
Joey Biden is not only mentally incompetent he is an evil angry old man. The world needs to be protected from this most evil bloodthirsty scum.
You’d think that the two major parties would have something to offer other THAN mentally incompetent evil angry old men, but that’s all they seem to cough up as presidential nominees lately.
“if an American is killed…US officials say they may have no choice but to attack Iran”
1/ You heard right, folks – first it was treasure, now it’s gonna be blood:
Because 25 thou noncombatant Palestinians? 10,000 Palestinian children? A thou-plus child amputees? Well that’s one thing. (Complicated!) But…
…if one US soldier is killed? US officials are now on record that they “may have no choice but to” escalate support for Israel’s off-the-leash war atrocities into full-blown US-Iran regional war…
2/ …Beecause anything…Any. Freakin’. Thing…but support a ceasefire to stay Israel’s genocide-in-progress.
WTF you have just proved that you are one of the smartest of all of us.
what
credit where credit is due – krystal ball repeatedly makes point 2…
…her breaking points israel-u.s.-gaza coverage is strong, btw…been meaning to write antiwar to post some of it…
Rules Based Order: We can kill and help others kill as much as we/they want, but don’t you dare retaliate.
John Flynn was prescient and we didn’t even have near as many bases all over the world to act as tripwires to fuel the profits of the Complex, when he made this statement.
‘We have managed to acquire bases all over the world. . . . There is no part of the world where trouble can break out where we do not have bases of some sort in which, if we wish to use the pretension, we cannot claim that our interests are menaced. Thus menaced there must remain when the war is over a continuing argument in the hands of the imperialists for a vast naval establishment and a huge army ready to attack anywhere or to resist an attack from all the enemies we shall be obliged to have. Because always the most powerful argument for a huge army maintained for economic reasons is that we have enemies. We must have enemies.’
John T Flynn
Biden Admits US Troops Are Killed in Iraq and Syria
Israel would be happy if US attacked Iran, it’s something they have been wanting for some time