AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agoWhy were American soldiers in Jordan in the first place?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareWhy were American soldiers in Jordan in the first place?AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
Everyone is talking about the American soldiers killed in Jordan. But I don’t know why they were there to begin with.
minus-squareHegar@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down11·5 months agoWe’re a global imperial power, so like all empires we maintain a military presence near resources, allies, sites of likely resistance, etc.
We’re a global imperial power, so like all empires we maintain a military presence near resources, allies, sites of likely resistance, etc.