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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo you believe "no Americans were harmed" by the Iranian missiles?
I think its a face-saving official version.
AkFemDem
(1,826 posts)We are all on social media, every base, every battalion, there are spouses pages and parents pages, etc. You cant hide that now- it would absolutely be shared.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Particularly given that the Iranians had given us a heads-up about the strikes.
BlueTsunami2018
(3,492 posts)Only because if anything happened it would be really hard to hide it.
former9thward
(32,017 posts)raccoon
(31,111 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)Iraq and pinpointed their missiles.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)And Putin was behind this just like the missile attacks trump did in Syria where nothing was really done and staged to make him look good. Just more signs of how Putin works., but he does want Arians oil for control and increased power. It was used as a distraction , and to make trump look good for re-election pr.
hack89
(39,171 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Ever since the military began cloning young men and women and raising them in isolation, so they have no families or friends, it's been easier to lose entire divisions without anyone noticing.
Plus, they don't have the pesky problem of paying death benefits.
bluestarone
(16,970 posts)Why the Iranian people accept what took place? I know the Iranian tv says Americans were killed. Do THEY believe that?
Aristus
(66,381 posts)That's his causus belli.
He wants to go to war to show how tough he is. It looks like he's backed off a bit, and I'm sure a call from Putin is the reason for it.