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WWIII Watch: Pentagon Announces More Troops for Middle East
Breitbart ^ | 09/23/2024 | Simon Kent

Posted on 09/23/2024 9:46:13 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Additional U.S. troops are being rushed to the Middle East during a rise in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah terrorist forces in Lebanon that has elevated risks of a wider regional war, the Pentagon said Monday.

AP reports Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder would provide no details on how many additional forces or what they would be tasked to do. Their precise geographical region of deployment has also not been disclosed.

The U.S. currently has about 40,000 troops in the region. Just last month U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and told the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deployment; middleeast; military; pentagon; troops; war; wiii
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John Bolton must be excited
1 posted on 09/23/2024 9:46:13 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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2 posted on 09/23/2024 9:48:05 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Without Congress lifting a finger.

How “constitutional.” /sarc


3 posted on 09/23/2024 9:51:21 AM PDT by fwdude
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group left the Middle East a week or two ago.


4 posted on 09/23/2024 10:00:58 AM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We will lose a capitol ship to a $5 drone...

...now if the conflict could be resolved in a demonstration of negro worship that’s what we excel at.


5 posted on 09/23/2024 10:07:46 AM PDT by exPBRrat
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To: ChicagoConservative27

John Bolton must be excited

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As are the writers/employees of the National Review, Wall Street Journal, The Bulwark, the Lincoln Project, etc., etc. etc.


6 posted on 09/23/2024 10:12:42 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

no, no, no no….no active duty currently….LOL


7 posted on 09/23/2024 10:30:45 AM PDT by conservative_cyclist (Trump Fan from Day 1, Praying~keepT rump and America Safe)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Uh-oh!


8 posted on 09/23/2024 10:33:40 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

they are preparing for a trump presidency where the rat army antifa will be in the streets and the pentagon will be busy lighting fires in the world theater


9 posted on 09/23/2024 10:33:55 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: ChicagoConservative27

...as Harris claimed there are no active service members in war zones.


10 posted on 09/23/2024 10:34:04 AM PDT by mware
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To: fwdude

Congress seems to be quite content to abdicate its responsibilities. Its really shameful.


11 posted on 09/23/2024 10:47:59 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: mware

There isn’t a corresponding Venn diagram.


12 posted on 09/23/2024 10:48:49 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: mware

Yeah, right. But then only Congress can declare war, so there’s that little caveat


13 posted on 09/23/2024 10:49:21 AM PDT by Afterguard
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Ssssh....
Wars and Rumors of Wars.


14 posted on 09/23/2024 11:28:24 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I thought we had all the oil we needed…..


15 posted on 09/23/2024 11:32:30 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: Vermont Lt

There is that really low amount in SPR, if much at all.


16 posted on 09/23/2024 11:40:49 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I can hear it now: “Ok, instead of poking the bear directly, how about we start WWIII by heating up the Middle East hotter? I mean, conservatives love Israel; they’ll surely vote for Harris if we do that, right? And if it looks like they won’t, we’d still have a built in reason to cancel the election! It’s a win win!”


17 posted on 09/23/2024 11:49:09 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Wait! Camel-a says there are no US troops in harm’s way.


18 posted on 09/23/2024 11:57:01 AM PDT by daniel boob
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I guess now that everything and anything that happens anywhere in the world, is likely to lead to WWIII.

Insane!


19 posted on 09/23/2024 12:05:38 PM PDT by adorno (CCH)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What could possibly go wrong?


20 posted on 09/23/2024 12:06:07 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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