Leaving the Middle East won’t be a victory for the U.S., but it would stop the losing.

From Moon of Alabama at moonofalabama.org:

The Biden administration, in its utter stupidity, is launching a(nother) full fledged war throughout the Middle East.

U.S. launches retaliatory strikes after deadly attack on Jordan base – Washington Post – 3 February 2024
The operation, targeting numerous sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian forces and its affiliates, followed the killing of American troops last weekend

> U.S. forces launched a broad attack against Iran’s powerful military wing and affiliated militias in Iraq and Syria on Friday, delivering a blow to armed groups that Washington has blamed for killing American troops in Jordan and a surge of violence across the Middle East. <

The Biden Administration just literally just blew up all the weapons of the Iraqi brigade that was fighting ISIS!
Let that sink in… https://t.co/NyDPgGbOoH

— Daniel McAdams (@DanielLMcAdams) February 2, 2024

That is is unit which is fighting ISIS … 🤔
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I am returning to the Middle East this coming week to continue working with our partners on how to achieve durable peace in the region, with lasting security for Israelis and Palestinians alike.

— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) February 2, 2024

Today, at my direction, U.S. military forces struck targets in Iraq and Syria that the IRGC and affiliated militia use to attack U.S. forces.

We do not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world.

But to all those who seek to do us harm: We will respond.

— President Biden (@POTUS) February 2, 2024

The #US: We don't want to escalate the war in the ME, but we bombed #Yemen & killed 10 Yemenis, we bombed #Syria & #Iraq & killed 16 Iraqis, 7 Syrians, but please de-escalate coz we will bomb u more in the coming days. In the meantime we r sending bombs to #Israel to bomb #Gaza.

— Elijah J. Magnier 🇪🇺 (@ejmalrai) February 3, 2024

In 2020, after the U.S. assassination of General Qassam Suleimani, the leadership of Iran announced that, in consequence, the U.S. presence in the Middle East will be ended. Iran and its allies have since diligently prepared themselves to achieve that aim.

The hot phase of the process itself was initiated primarily by Hamas on October 7 (which followed the October 2 desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Zionist settlers). The secondary and tertiary steps were launched by Ansarollah in Yemen and Kataib Hizbullah in Iraq.

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