masterchief_mirza
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I feel it would be impossible to hide. USA military families would go nuclear on trump if such a thing happened.Iraq has probably informed the US of the coming attack but we will never know for sure. Maybe few people have died but the Pentagon is hiding it from the public to avoid a direct military response.
Whether US soldiers died or not, Iran wanted USA to back off and understand that there is a price to be paid for transgressing beyond the unwritten rules of the game. I think Iran achieved that. So it's actually irrelevant whether US soldiers died or not - better in fact they didn't as this permits deescalation.
Now what did US achieve?
NOTHING beyond the assassination of soleimani (which in itself is a big blow, but not worth the cost they will now pay). US are under more pressure in fact to leave Iraq, Iran will openly seek nuke tech, Iranian pro-US opposition is set back years by this, so overall it's been counterproductive for USA. The only caveat is if Trump GENUINELY planned for this to get the troops out, against the neocon mega church deep state's plans...but I feel that is highly improbable - more likely that Trump and US deep state got pwned this time round.