The United States, led by Democrat Joe Biden, launched an airstrike on militants in Syria. His predecessor, Donald Trump, was criticized for the same actions by the press secretary of the current president's administration, Jen Psaki. The conservative channel FOX News drew attention to this.
Users pointed to Psaki's Twitter post after the 2017 airstrikes. She questioned the legitimacy of the attacks and stressed that Syria is a sovereign state, even if President Bashar al-Assad is a “brutal dictator.”
After the last airstrike, both users and politicians recalled this. For example, a Muslim member of the House of Representatives Ilhan Omar posted a short reply to an old Psaki tweet. “Good question,” she wrote.
On February 26, Defense Department spokesman John Kirby confirmed the strike by the US military on Syrian territory. According to the Pentagon, the attack on pro-Iranian groups was a “proportional” response to attacks on American and coalition forces in Iraq.
It is emphasized that the strike was carried out together with diplomatic measures and is aimed at de-escalating the situation in Iraq and eastern Syria.
