Posted on 10/18/2023 7:53:11 AM PDT by libh8er
The United States is amassing a war machine in the Middle East in a clear message to Iran to stay on the sidelines as Israel prepares to launch a ground invasion into Gaza to destroy the terror group Hamas.
Within hours of the horrific onslaught on Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7 the U.S. began moving warships, jets and special forces to the region.
Two aircraft carriers including the world's largest - the USS Gerald R. Ford - have been sent to the eastern Mediterranean, along with scores of planes that could carry out air strikes.
Many more aircraft, including F-15 and F-16 fighter jet squadrons, have been dispatched to US military bases in the region, doubling the number available in the Persian Gulf.
Flight units that were due to come home soon have been told to stay.
Around 2,000 U.S. Marines trained in special operations and amphibious landings have also been redirected from an exercise in Kuwait, and are now on board two warships somewhere off the coast of Bahrain.
The Pentagon is also preparing an additional 2,000 Army and Air Force personnel as a potential rapid response force.
It reflects concern in Washington that Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based terrorist group, or Iran itself, could escalate the crisis into a more dangerous regional conflict.
The main aim of the U.S. military ramp up is to deter Iran and its proxies from making any move.
The USS Gerald R. Ford had just completed an exercise with the Italian Navy before being ordered on its latest mission.
It has a crew of 5,000 and carries 90 warplanes - including F-18 Super Hornet jets, F-35 strike fighters and A-10 tank busters. .
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Yes, Looks like we are providing them a target rich environment.
I just hope if something breaks out, it’s environmentally friendly with a diverse fighting force lead by a trans black gay person.
Too bad the “USA” doesn’t have enough ammo, or fuel, since we sent it all to Ukraine.........
too
If Biden is really doing this, it is the first thing he has ever done in his administration that made sense. Tamping down Iran is of vital national security interest to the US. Ukraine is not.
the USAis "led" by an incompetent President and a corrupt Federal Government,
informed by a mendacious news media that serves as a propaganda machine and praetorian guard for the corrupt establishment,
"protected" by a woke, trannie military whose mission is diversity and inclusiveness NOT national defense,
educated by a mendacious system that holds truth in contempt and teaches students to hate their own country,
dependent upon a feckless and incompetent Supreme Court
shackled by an unreliable electoral system,
and paralysed by half of its population who have allowed themselves to be brainwashed and gives its tacit approval to all of the above.
The USA--and the world--could hardly be in a more dangerous situation.
If the American People do not wake up fast, they're going to lose a lot more than just the Republic!
>>I’m guessing that the nuclear detection systems could know the difference between an earthquake and a nuclear detonation.
The recorded depths are too deep for nuclear tests.
Create? I thought John Kerry sold them Nukes?
Iran can now legally buy ICBM missiles from N Korea, thx UN sanctions dropped
After 9/11 I had a couple of T-shirts made saying “Crusade against the Mohammedan Death Cult”
Worth saying again...
Thanks!
Joe is going to get us all killed
Biden is going to try and “take credit” for saving the Middle East.
Jimmy Carter II
Not sure if I'd call what is going on in the ME "saving" anything.
Biden is trying to do a Clinton so he can take credit for “saving us from WWIII”
Remember when suddenly we were bombing Serbia?
After the election, nothing…
The Iranians fear the A-10 wart hogs.
THe Allah Rippers will send the Hezbollah martyrs to their 72 Virginians by the thousands.
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