• @MrVilliam@lemmy.world
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    75 hours ago

    No, but 100 dead troops is enough to grandstand about to get enough outrage to justify an all-out war in the region.

    • @BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one
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      5 hours ago

      Unless the US military is stupid to keep all 100 of them in a single easily bombable location, there’s no fucking way on this green earth a single one of them will die in any combat, especially if they are simply manning air defense outposts spread across the country like what the article that no one here reads actually said.

      • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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        52 hours ago

        Fun fact, Air Defense is a priority target in missile saturation attacks because it makes it easier for follow on missiles to hit their targets.

        • @BalooWasWahoo@links.hackliberty.org
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          142 minutes ago

          Even funner fact: anyone remember the USS Liberty? A common thought is Israel did that to pull us into their war then. Nowadays you would have a presidential candidate boldly declaring that [insert ‘vile’ country of choice] killed our troops and we must rush to war against them. I bet there are israeli leaders just salivating at the idea of repeating the scenario.