Three US soldiers killed and up to 34 injured in drone attack.

[Dill]

(01-28-2024, 04:34 PM)Matt_Crimson Wrote: Thoughts?

https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-says-three-us-service-members-killed-drone-attack-us-forces-jordan-2024-01-28/

My thoughts are that "linked to Iran" and "Iran backed" are pretty vague, 

and reminiscent of Bush II era ramp-up for the Iraq invasion.

Tom Cotton may be the worst geopolitical strategist MAGA has to offer, outside of Trump himself.

I'm generally skeptical of Fox-style accounts that make Iran the strategic center of all ME conflict,

much as the old USSR was used to explain the rise of colonial independence movements after WWII.

Iranian control over proxies is quite varied and generally exaggerated, as the proxies have their own

interests/motivations/goals and don't consider themselves "proxies."