Warfighters?
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I’m not native speaker but I assumed they meant fighter aircraft - I’m pretty sure I’ve heard this term before.
I am a native English speaker. It sounds like something someone who was translating from another language would say. "Soldiers" is the really common term.
I very much doubt there will be boots on the ground type of action.
Good point. It's still an odd term to describe fighter planes.
You know I always think "wow now he's gone full mask off" and then he does another thing.
Houthis have been disturbing commercial vessels going through the Red Sea for over a year now. This is a natural continuation of US policy so far, if a bit reckless, but that’s a common theme currently.
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