The U.S. military has launched air strikes all over Iraq in retaliation for a rocket that killed two American troops.

To be sure, we want to protect our troops at all costs and a rocket attack against any of America’s young warriors demands a response.

However, the intensity of the response along with the timing makes any such move worth close examination and questions. Donald Trump would give anything to get the subject changed fast, as he has been getting hammered over his mishandling of the biggest crises to wash over the United States in decades. Anything to rally the nation would seem to be welcome to Trump.

Certainly we wouldn’t trade two American troops for relief from the news, but the response itself may be somewhat disproportionate from what one might expect in a war that has been going on 17 years.

“U.S.-led coalition airstrikes underway in Iraq against Iranian-backed forces one day after two Americans and a British medic killed: U.S. official,” Fox News reporter Lucas Tomlinson reported Thursday.

A defense official confirmed the news to Task & Purpose, adding the strikes were happening ‘all over Iraq,’” the publication reported.

According to the report, the Defense Department stated that American attacks targeted five facilities housing the munitions that were used to strike American personnel. The response seems proportional and not something utilized to shift American attention away from the disaster happening at home. To be sure, it might be impossible to shift attention away from the administration’s fumbling of the epidemic.

“These strikes were defensive, proportional, and in direct response to the threat posed by Iranian-backed Shia militia groups (SMG) who continue to attack bases hosting [Operation Inherent Resolve] coalition forces,” the statement said.

While we all support protecting our servicemen and women, it is worth keeping an eye on the situation, as trust in this administration is at an all time low, and it has been proven that nothing increases support for an administration like bombs dropping.

We can put nothing past these people.

God keep our troops safe in their mission and bring them home healthy. RIP to the two servicemembers lost and we are thinking of the families.

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Peace, y’all

Jason

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