On Saturday, the U.S. and U.K. conducted another round of dozens of airstrikes on the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen, who continue to launch attacks on military and commercial vessels in the Red Sea. On Friday, the U.S. conducted dozens of airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for a militia drone strike against an obscure U.S. outpost in Jordan that killed three U.S. service-members.
For America, the Jan. 28 drone strike at an obscure outpost in Jordan - a base few Americans knew existed - is yet another tragic illustration of the risks of leaving forces forward-deployed around the world, sometimes with no obvious mission.
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