US carries out airstrikes on Iranian proxies in Syria: DOD

[MMC]

The United States carried out airstrikes in Syria on Thursday against a structure belonging to what's believed were Iran-backed militia members.


Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby confirmed the strikes were done with the approval of President Biden, making it one of the first military responses from the Democrat's administration, following a series of rocket attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq.


"At President Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces earlier this evening conducted airstrikes against infrastructure utilized by Iranian-backed militant groups in eastern Syria," Kirby said. "These strikes were authorized in response to recent attacks against American and Coalition personnel in Iraq, and to ongoing threats to those personnel."


The strikes destroyed multiple facilities located at a border control point used by several Iranian-backed militant groups, including Kait’ib Hezbollah and Kait’ib Sayyid al Shuhada.


"We’re confident in the target we went after, we know what we hit. We’re confident that target was being used by the same Shia militia that conducted the strikes,” Austin told reporters......snip~


US carries out airstrikes against structure belonging to Iranian-backed militia in Syria (washingtonexaminer.com)


Uh oh.....the Deep State got control of Joe for a few minutes.

[MMC]

Progressives are Having a Meltdown Because Joe Biden Bombed Syria. Please Tell Me You're Joking, Right?


Well, it looks like we’re going back to war again. Joe Biden decided to bomb Syria last night. I mean, the minimum wage cannot be included in the $ 1.9 trillion stimulus bill, the $2,000 relief check promise has been walked back, his OMB nominee, Neera Tanden, is about to go down in flames, and COVID deaths surpassed 500,000. I guess it was time to bomb something, right? Nothing gets America more riled up and united than when we bomb something, but after a decade of war, thousands of lives lost, and trillions spent on these nation-building projects in the Middle East that have only caused more instability, we’re done. Oh, and it’s also allowed Iran to increase its regional clout and they’re about to inch closer to acquiring nuclear weapons so—America is back, huh (via Fox News):


Michael Tracey



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These days you don’t truly Become President until you bomb Syria based on questionable intelligence.


Hmmm:



Joe Biden



@JoeBiden








United States government official




As President, I will use military power responsibly and as a last resort. We will not go back to forever wars in the Middle East. #DemDebate

8:04 PM · Feb 7, 2020












Joe Biden



@JoeBiden








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Hey @realDonaldTrump, do you think the American people want another war in the Middle East? Des Moines certainly doesn’t.



Joe Biden



@JoeBiden








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Let's be clear: Donald Trump does not have the authority to take us into war with Iran without Congressional approval. A president should never take this nation to war without the informed consent of the American people.

1:30 PM · Jan 6, 2020












Jen Psaki



@jrpsaki





Also what is the legal authority for strikes? Assad is a brutal dictator. But Syria is a sovereign country.

9:27 PM · Apr 6, 2017











Yet, the best reactions were actually from the Biden administration itself. ‘Circle back Psaki’ and even the president himself had some interesting tweets about the Middle East. I’ll just leave it at that. Maybe Joe Biden should talk to…Joe Biden about his airstrikes.



Cenk Uygur



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So, @JoeBiden bombs Syria and kills the minimum wage hike, confirming every fear progressives had. Soon they'll renege on getting $2000 checks to everyone in the middle class by limiting who gets it (to appease their donors). The establishment is back! And it absolutely sucks.


The progressive meltdown is delicious to watch since this was utterly predictable. Not to mention there appear to be some Biden folks who thought he would never bomb the Middle East which is just adorable. This is your president. Enjoy. .....snip~


Progressives are Having a Meltdown Because Joe Biden Bombed Syria. Please Tell Me You're Joking, Right? by Matt Vespa (townhall.com)


Check out the Lefts Twitter feed on this. Bring Popcorn.

[Peter1469]

"We will not go back to forever wars..."

Like keeping troops in Afghanistan past the deadline?

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Tables Have Turned: Jen Psaki Was Outraged When It Was Trump Who Ordered Bombings In Syria.....

It will be interesting to see how White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki will spin a tweet she sent in 2017 when she was outraged when the Trump administration ordered military strikes in Syria in the aftermath of the Biden administration doing the same on Thursday.

The airstrikes were targeting an Iranian-backed militia stronghold in Syria, according to Fox News.
"Also what is the legal authority for strikes? Assad is a brutal dictator. But Syria is a sovereign country," Psaki tweeted on April 7, 2017.


While the White House did not respond to a reporter's inquiry about their legal grounds for the new strikes, the National Security Council said the airstrikes were pursuant to the president’s Article II authority to defend U.S. personnel......snip~


Tables Have Turned: Jen Psaki Was Outraged When It Was Trump Who Ordered Bombings In Syria by Julio Rosas (townhall.com)


Looks like Circle Back Psaki just got circled.

[MMC]

"We will not go back to forever wars..."

Like keeping troops in Afghanistan past the deadline?

Oh you didnt get the memo. Psaki drew a Circle.

[jet57]

"We will not go back to forever wars..."

Like keeping troops in Afghanistan past the deadline?

So Iran should just do whatever it wants, where ever it wants. Is that your position?

[Ethereal]

So Iran should just do whatever it wants, where ever it wants. Is that your position?

STFU warmonger.

[roadmaster]

I was against Trump doing it and now Biden.

[Hoosier8]

So Iran should just do whatever it wants, where ever it wants. Is that your position?

Bombing Syria for what Iran allegedly did in Iraq? Really?

[MMC]

I was against Trump doing it and now Biden.

In Joes defense when he was told we would blanket Hezbollah. He thought we were sending them blankets. Wanted to be like BO with the Ukrainians.