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[โ€“] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i'm just saying it's operationally plausible to act on that day from the perspective of a local belligerent, not that it definitely wasn't the CIA.

[โ€“] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If they wanted to exploit a vacuum and avoid US airstrikes they would have waited a day or two and not struck right when they did. The only plausible reason for the strike was desperation to keep their allies around. This was a common and repeated tactic in Syria to allow US to get a foothold