That's right, the pictures show the "incursion" was perfectly under control.
Weren't our strikes in response to an Iranian-backed terrorist attack? And involving what laughably passes for a "government" of the country we did it in would be no more than telegraphing our intent and giving our targets a warning.
And as for them being a little pissed . . cry me a river.
It was. Actually still is for the most part, as things are still ongoing.
I know that an appeal to authority is a lazy debate strategy, but here we go: I have actually been in that building in the last 4 months, have seen the defenseive emplacement, and the gate that the Iraqi's came through. It looks all kinds of chaotic on the TV news, and with pictures from news agencies, but the DOD and embassy marines are not stupid. We know what protests in the Mideast look like, how fast they can pop up, and the ways militia groups hide inside crowds. The embassy was built with all that in mind and, so far, all that planning has worked really well, because the crowd is venting their spleen against *expletive deleted*it that does not matter, US personnel are all safe, and we have decent freedom of movement in and out of the Embassy Compound. All of that is open source, and can be found if you look.
As far as shooting, seriously, just stop. If we shoot into that crowd without actual dead (or kidnapped) Americans we have started the war in Iraq back up. Not the BS thing we have now, but full on circa 2012 we are going to war. Probably with a sprinkling of shooting at Iranian ships as well. I understand that the vast majority of Americans neither understand not care about the intricacies of the relationships between the Iraqi government (which IS a thing, despite your sneering) the Iranian Government, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and the various militia's that are recognized as legitimate by the Iraqi Government. Those relationships exist however, and unless we are actually going home those of us on the ground need to work with them, which can't be done if you shoot protesters.
As far as leaving? *expletive deleted*ck it, let's go. I'm more of a proponent than pretty much all of you. I have left nothing over here that necessitates my regular return, and yet here I am. The US has civilian control of the military though, so this is y'all's war. Get the civilian leadership to actually tell us to come home, and we'll be out faster then you can imagine. Call your congressperson.
