Outrage over sovereignty?

OK, Iran struck back, and pretty much failed to accomplish anything other than a propaganda edge for its leaders when it fired ballistic missiles from IRAN into another "SOVEREIGN" country, viz: Iraq, at 2 bases that housed U.S. service members. When this administration took out Soleimani, there was much ado about "sovereignty", by many American politicians and many Iraqi politicians, despite the fact the deceased was NOT in HIS country, but in Iraq. I believe too, the UN told him to stay out, did they not? Is that outrage about a nation's sovereignty", in this case, Iraq's being violated by Iranian missiles landing on Iraqi territory worthy of outrage too? OR is it just American, mostly, left, capitulation crying out when it suits their cause?

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RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M

When the US assassinated Solemeini at Baghdad airport they also murdered Iraqis at the same time ...... and [b]no[/b] warning was given.

Big fucking difference.

BlueVeins · 22-25

@RodionRomanovitch Did Iran actually warn anyone of the attack? To my understanding, they kinda just loaded up their missiles and fired away, and the US army noticed that 'loading' part.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@BlueVeins Yes. Sort of.
[quote] “We received an official verbal message from the Islamic Republic of Iran that the Iranian response to the assassination of Qassem Soleimani had begun or would begin shortly, and that the strike would be limited to where the US military was located in Iraq without specifying the locations,” premier Adel Abdel Mahdi’s office said, Agence France-Presse reported.
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RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M

@QuixoticSoul @BlueVeins The last thing they wanted was casualties , either American or Iraqi. The whole point of the exercise was to remind the US of its ballistic missile capability and their vulnerability to them.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@RodionRomanovitch And to take the symbolic step of striking American bases directly, as opposed via proxies.

And yes, the lack of casualties was very deliberate. It’s not like they shelled the outskirts either.

soar2newhighs

@QuixoticSoul Correct me if I'm mistaken, but the two bases struck, were not per se, "American bases". Yes, they housed U.S. troops allowed by both Iraq and the Kurds but as news reports indicated these were NOT U.S. bases.

BlueVeins · 22-25

@soar2newhighs Al Asad seems to have been jointly owned by the US, Iraq, and UK. I can't find any info on the other one, which is listed as "Erbil" in the Reuters report.

soar2newhighs

@BlueVeins As I sat in a dental chair for 3 hours, I got to see FOX news, and that's where the info re: who se bases were hit, came from.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@soar2newhighs In practical terms, they’re American bases.

soar2newhighs

@QuixoticSoul There are other American bases in the region, not shared, but Iran did not target them.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@soar2newhighs Reapers fly from Al-Asad.