The United States has once again launched rapid air strikes on Iraq and Syria, affecting many military installations in the area.
The targets of the attacks included command and control operations centers, intelligence centers, rocket and missile and drone warehouses and other logistical munitions facilities of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force and affiliated militias.
According to a statement issued by the U.S. military ** command on February 2, the U.S. military used more than 125 precision explosives in the attack. Carried by long-range bombers flying from the United States, it carried out effective strikes against more than 85 targets, claiming that it was in retaliation for previous attacks on US military bases in Jordan. The United States also coordinated with Iraq** in advance on the air strikes.
But the day after the attack, Iraq's spokesman Awadi "slapped him in the face." Madi issued a statement claiming that several military facilities of the security forces in the Akhashat and Ghaim regions of western Iraq had been hit by US airstrikes. Sadly, the airstrike also killed 16 people, including civilians, injured 25 others, and damaged several residential areas to varying degrees. He denied the "lie" of the US military in advance and condemned the crime of trying to mislead the international community in this matter.
Since the start of the Iraq War in 2003, the United States has maintained a large number of troops in Iraq. Although the U.S. military briefly withdrew from Iraq in 2011, with the rise of the extremist group "Islamic State" in 2014, the United States formed an international coalition in the name of fighting extremist groups and increased its troops in Iraq. At present, about 2,500 U.S. soldiers are stationed in Iraq as military advisers or instructors for training Iraq's ** army.
Both Iraq's ** and militia organizations believe that the US ** forces stationed in Iraq have, in fact, posed a constant threat to Iraq's security and stability, and that against the current backdrop of frequent conflicts in the Middle East, the probability of Iraq's involvement in regional and international conflicts will be greatly increased. As a result, Iraq is extremely disgusted by the presence of US troops.
Sure enough, on January 28, the Iraqi militia "Islamic Resistance Group" claimed responsibility for the drone and rocket attack on the US military base in Syria, and launched a rocket attack on the Iraqi al-Assad air base where the US military is stationed on the same day, killing several US soldiers. After that, many people in the US political circles demanded retaliation against Iraq, and the US Secretary of Defense declared that he would take action at the "right time".
The United States' retaliation this time is also an attempt to warn the various forces in the Middle East that the US military is still "still there" in the Middle East. But how effective it will be remains to be seen by time.
And the big brother behind Iraq is undoubtedly Iran. And the United States, after decades of deindustrialization, has greatly reduced its industrial level. This also means that it is difficult to guarantee the military endurance and mobilization capacity of the US military. Therefore, the United States is unwilling and does not dare to engage in a head-on conflict with Iran, keeping in mind that Iran's attack on its homeland is a red line, and does not dare to "take a step beyond the minefield."
But I hope that the U.S. military can be tougher and take the initiative to attack, Iran, so that people in the world can see how the U.S. military is different from the U.S. military 30 years ago, and can it start a large-scale war again thousands of miles away? Instead of fighting a law and order war with artillery every day. How long can the "undefeated golden body" carefully created by the US military last? It's really exciting.
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