The U.S. has launched military operations against “designated terrorist organizations” in Ecuador just three days after starting a war in the Middle East.
While the eyes of the world are on Iran, and Trump is under fire even from MAGAworld for his foreign entanglements, the president authorized yet another series of U.S. military strikes.
U.S. Southern Command announced the operations on Tuesday, writing, “On March 3, Ecuadorian and U.S. military forces launched operations against Designated Terrorist Organizations in Ecuador. The operations are a powerful example of the commitment of partners in Latin America and the Caribbean to combat the scourge of narco terrorism.
Together, we are taking decisive action to confront narco-terrorists who have long inflicted terror, violence, and corruption on citizens throughout the hemisphere.
The post also included a quote from Southern Command General Francis L. Donovan, who said, We commend the men and women of the Ecuadorian armed forces for their unwavering commitment to this fight, demonstrating courage and resolve through continued actions against narco-terrorists in their country.
Attached to the post was a video of a helicopter taking off from an undisclosed location before cutting to black-and-white footage of the helicopter picking up soldiers.
The Daily Beast has contacted the Pentagon and the White House for comment.
The move comes as military officials are already said to be privately about Trump’s newly launched war against Iran spiraling out of control and depleting U.S. air defense supplies. Launched early Saturday and dubbed Operation Epic Fury, Trump officials have given a flurry of contradictory statements about the goal and timeline of the war, with the president saying it could drag on for weeks even as military officials sound the alarm about rapidly depleted air defense missiles in the face of Iran’s retaliatory attacks. At least six U.S. servicemembers have already been confirmed dead as a result of the conflict with Iran, and Trump has casually acknowledged that more are likely to die.
Perhaps aware of public backlash to the fallout over Trump’s Iran war, military operations in Ecuador were billed as more of a support mission. Shielding your identity is an element of perfidy,” Retired Maj. Gen. Steven Lepper, a former judge advocate in the Air Force, told the Times. “If the aircraft flying above is not identifiable as a combatant aircraft, it should not be engaged in combatant activity.
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