As conflict widens across the Middle East, Iran is expanding its attack, launching missiles and drawing militias to the fight as Israeli and U.S. forces strike targets inside the Islamic Republic.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday the U.S.-Israeli action against Iran over the weekend was in response to the Islamic Republic’s yearslong targeting of the U.S. military and interests around the world.

“This is not a so-called regime change war, but the regime sure did change,” Hegseth said. “And the world is better off for it.”

The U.S. military said Monday that Kuwait “mistakenly shot down” three American fighter jets during a combat mission as Iran attacked the country. Military officials also confirmed a fourth U.S. service member has died of their injuries following the violence over the weekend that resulted in the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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    almost 150 girls who where in school died in exchange for 4 soldiers who died while attacking ILLEGALLY the country of those girls. I’d say it was not a fair exchange. I wish this became Trump’s Vietnam…

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      I would wish the same if he wasn’t so old that it being his Vietnam won’t ever really impact him

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      Hey there! He had his Vietnam! It was all the STDs from all the violent and coercive rape! He’s a brave soldier in the class war! A true hero of the patriarchy!

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    Probably why this allegedly happened.

    Have all the US troop deaths been from friendly fire?

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      Is that real? It is quite something but it is totally out of context. I can guess where it was taken; when was it published?

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        I can’t find much about it other than someone asked Grok, and Grok said it was AI generated.

        Then again Grok said the photo of Pence in front of a car that had a BOYLOVR license plate was AI generated, and that one had receipts from the official trump 45 Flickr account so take anything Grok says with a pallet of salt

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      The friendly-fire incidents were the planes that were shot down. Troop deaths were from the assault on Khamenei.