Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoBiden says US 'shall respond' after drone strike by Iran-backed group kills 3 US troops in Jordanapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down117
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·9 months agoOr they just don’t want to get dragged into a larger conflict. “Jordan? Nah, nah, nah, it ain’t LIKE that… that’s SYRIA!”
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoThis makes more sense, considering what a hotbed that entire region is. But wouldn’t this cause issues if Syria later claims that the base is actually on their land and redraes borders or something?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoOh, definitely, but I don’t think Syria is all that organized at this point. Jordan’s probably counting on that.
Or they just don’t want to get dragged into a larger conflict. “Jordan? Nah, nah, nah, it ain’t LIKE that… that’s SYRIA!”
This makes more sense, considering what a hotbed that entire region is. But wouldn’t this cause issues if Syria later claims that the base is actually on their land and redraes borders or something?
Oh, definitely, but I don’t think Syria is all that organized at this point. Jordan’s probably counting on that.