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Drones targeting US troops shot down over Iraq Jan 6, 2022 (Original Post)
turbinetree
Jan 2022
OP
The US has maintained a military advantage since WWII. That doesn't mean we're morally
Gaugamela
Jan 2022
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Bayard
(22,181 posts)1. So, they're coming from Iran?
Roy Rolling
(6,941 posts)2. Wow!
Revenge attacks on U.S. soldier barracks in Iraq. This could have been catastrophic if not for the drone defenses. Well done, defenders.
Does anyone else see this as a significant attack? Reminds us the world is not a safe place.
Gaugamela
(2,496 posts)3. The US has maintained a military advantage since WWII. That doesn't mean we're morally
superior. Not sure what your point is.
Anyway, where is this happening? Some country half way around the world where we still flex our muscle as though its the colonial 19th century? Maybe we need to address our own domestic 3rd world problems before we go imposing our political/economic order on others. Maybe theyd like to determine their own destiny.
I dont know, just a random thought . . .
cab67
(3,010 posts)4. Where did the defensive missiles come from?
Were they SAMs or fired from an aircraft?
(just curious.)