I haven't checked the news in a few days... Seems it's been eventful. I'm summary... There was an attack on a US embassy in Iraq, Trump branded it the anti-Benghazi and sent in support, no one died, then over the next few days authorized drone or other attacks to kill military leaders of Iran who were not in Iran, but were in Iraq, maybe in connection with this embassy attack. Is that right?
I'm guessing the perpetually exploding talking heads have been exploding, and those who have called every Trump breath a constitutional crisis call this one, and on the other side Trump is hailed as the most heroic hero to every heroically be heroic?
@SecondJon That is a quick summary yes.
Some call this attack an Act of War, which seems legit. Expect a response.
Israel sits on a large and undisclosed nuclear arsenal. Middle East is listed as location for Armageddon, so...
@design_RG
The attack on the US Embassy an act o of war, or the US response to that attack, or both? Not sure if an embassy is foreign soil so attacking it is attacking that foreign country (the US in this case).
Just a wild guess, but perhaps enemies of the US/Trump don't like what Trump did, Trump supporters and Israel don't like what Iran did? That would be boringly predictable.
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Basically Iranian protesters (not any government official itself) attacked an embasy in Iraq.
Keep in mind our embassy in Iraq is not there at the invitation of hte Iraqi government. We went to war and destroyed a nation and forced ourselves in... So I'd say we kinda brought it on ourselves.
@freemo
The US brought on itself a different country going into Iraq to attack our embassy there?
I think if the US sent people to attack a foreign embassy in Mexico or Canada, we'd say that's US responsibility, we'd call it an act of war by the US and expect retaliation.
Maybe we interpret through a blame the US framework, so whether the US initiates or responds, the US is responsible for any bad news?
To circle back, though, I'm not up on the facts of the events, haven't been reading much news this week.
@design_RG
Sort of.
We invaded Iraq, on a lie, murdered countless people and destroyed their government, replace it, and then invited ourselves in and put an embasy there.
I would hope that if Iraq had invaded us and been the aggressor, won, destroyed our government, then occupied us with military bases I would hope canada might come down and give those Iraq embassies hell.
So yes, we brought it on ourselves, absolutely. Everyone in that region has every right to hate the USA and every right to fight to get us out of the region.
@SecondJon An attack on embassy or consulate site is serious. The site is defined legally as foreign territory.
Yes, things are very polarized, and with an unstable man as top level commander.
I am not aware of the attack to embassy you mentioned, a have been off the news loop for similar reasons you mentioned in your OP above. The American action, I consider an act of War indeed.