The US has carried out strikes in Iraq against three facilities linked to Iran-backed militia, the Pentagon has said, after a weekend attack on an Iraqi airbase that wounded US forces.
“US military forces conducted necessary and proportionate strikes on three facilities used by the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia group and other Iran-affiliated groups in Iraq,” the US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, said in a statement.
“These precision strikes are in direct response to a series of escalatory attacks against US and Coalition personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-sponsored militias,” Austin added.
On Saturday, four US personnel suffered traumatic brain injuries after Iraq’s Ain al-Asad airbase was hit by multiple ballistic missiles and rockets fired by Iranian-backed militants from inside Iraq.
Hi ho hi ho is of to war america goes
The US doesn’t even declare war anymore. Actions that used to only fly during wars are now the default “peace” state.
That’s the great part about being the sole superpower… You can have drones circling the airspace of “enemy” countries 24/7, for decades — bomb wherever you want, whenever you want, and the entire international justice system just lets you do it because international justice™️ is owned and operated by you and your allies.
When you’re a superpower, they let you grab em by the justice system.
Not just yourself, but also your allies.