'Are Things Escalating There?': Pentagon Pressed After Drone Strike Kills US Contractor In Syria

At a Pentagon press briefing, Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder was asked if conflict with Iran would escalate in the wake of US retaliatory strikes for the Death of a US contractor and subsequent missile strikes on US bases by Iran-backed groups.

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[w.s.]

5 US Servicemen…….. for a Country that doesn’t give a sh$t…… it would make me sick if that was my son

[dwalto]

A better question.."did Congress vote to declare war in Syria?"

[buixote]

Like so many US Foreign Adventures, no one voted for this. No War Powers, no election campaign, just "executive action" . We need to focus the Nation's Resources at *Home*.

[MrE]

This is propaganda, who even trusts the government at this point? 😂

[ryangreen]

The colonel and general can send their sons and daughters to fight.

[jaysherman]

Oh great. Trying to pull another Gulf of Tonkin again?

[midnighttrucker]

So the US with a bloated 750 BILLION dollar military budget is picking on another 3rd world country.
And who really carried out the strike

[jefffarmer]

When the media says 'contract-worker' was KIA'd, it (usually) means someone on CIA's payroll...

[yupyup]

So there basically saying is that a terrorist used one of there own drones that was left behind in Afghanistan on americans.

[Cba]

So sad when American Heroes lose their lives for the greed and ambition of our leaders. No reason whatsoever why the US should be involved in Syria.

[HighwayLand]

Why are we in Syria? And why have we not learned anything from Somalia? And why do we still have contractors if the United States is no longer at war?

[RacerX]

Here we go...remember weapons of mass destruction..

[nevermankind]

how many bystanders we took out ? 😂😂😂😂

[dhk]

No sympathy for the occupiers, war is over go home lift the sanctions and hope for mercy.

[sleepyproduction]

Soon you’ll realize you can’t vote to fix the mess this government and institutions made. The system needs a healthy reset. I don’t know what it means, just that it needs to happen

[cd]

Are we sure this drone wasn’t done by our own military? Been there, seen that.

[thomastessier]

The end of days is upon us people, WAKE Do yourself a favor, read and try and understand Revelation, it is all laid out there as to the future of the planet and ALL of the pieces of the puzzle are fitting exactly into place and there are only a few more pieces to be placed.

[Dontquoteme]

If a Syrian drone strike killed a US contractor in the US that would be some escalation

[colonelangus]

Has the Syrian government authorized our base?

[BrianSmith-gpxr]

A fake attack . No damage but they had to respond . The lies these souless men tell . Look at his eyes He is ashamed of himself.