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US will remove Gaza aid pier due to weather and may not put it back, officials say
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Posted on 06/28/2024 11:29:20 AM PDT by janetjanet998

WASHINGTON (AP) — The pier built by the U.S. military to bring aid to Gaza has been removed due to weather to protect it, and the U.S. is considering not re-installing it unless the aid begins flowing out into the population again, U.S. officials said Friday. While the military has helped deliver desperately needed food through the pier, the vast majority of it is still sitting in the adjacent storage yard and that area is almost full. Aid agencies have had difficulty moving the food to areas further into Gaza where it is most needed because the humanitarian convoys have come under attack.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gazapier
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1 posted on 06/28/2024 11:29:20 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: janetjanet998

“Never mind”


2 posted on 06/28/2024 11:30:22 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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To: All

Money well spent


3 posted on 06/28/2024 11:33:31 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: janetjanet998

Money well wasted.


4 posted on 06/28/2024 11:35:19 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: janetjanet998

All the right people made money from government contracts. That was the primary mission that got completed. Delivering aid was just the cover story.


5 posted on 06/28/2024 11:35:20 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: escapefromboston

Reminds me of Jimmy Carters hostage rescue attempt in ‘80. Don’t know why.


6 posted on 06/28/2024 11:36:02 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: janetjanet998

I hope they try to put the useless floating pier back in service because it cannot stand 3 foot waves. 3 foot waves are nothing and are considered to be poor surfing conditions. I will laugh my backside off as the pier falls apart again.

The Biden Regime has lost the Mandate of Heaven and everything they do just turns to sh1t.


7 posted on 06/28/2024 11:36:18 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: janetjanet998

Another $320 million to remove it ? $640 million could buy a lot of food but lets waste it on a pier that’s not required


8 posted on 06/28/2024 11:40:17 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: janetjanet998

One stupid idea leads to another. What’s next?


9 posted on 06/28/2024 12:02:28 PM PDT by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

“Reminds me of Jimmy Carters hostage rescue attempt in ‘80. Don’t know why.”

I think it’s a reasonable comparison, I thought of that similarity as well. A rushed plan that comes off as impotent.


10 posted on 06/28/2024 12:10:31 PM PDT by catbertz
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To: catbertz

Great minds.....


11 posted on 06/28/2024 12:15:13 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: janetjanet998

What’s the point of having this pier when food aid isn’t being distributed to civilians even with it standing?

They just flushed hundreds of millions of dollars down the toilet.


12 posted on 06/28/2024 12:26:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: DIRTYSECRET

It’s Top Secret so you can’t tell the A-team what you are trying to do here.


13 posted on 06/28/2024 12:53:28 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: janetjanet998

It has already served its purpose well, which is to say political performance art.


14 posted on 06/28/2024 12:53:57 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: janetjanet998

“may not put it back, officials say”

Shoot all they need to do is hire more DEI folks to install it.


15 posted on 06/28/2024 1:07:18 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: butlerweave

By my calculations, only $340,000 to deliver a pallet of food to Gaza.
What a bargain.


16 posted on 06/28/2024 1:33:08 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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