Posted on 09/30/2024 12:24:53 PM PDT by EBH
The U.S. is sending a “few thousand” troops to the Middle East to bolster security and to defend Israel if necessary, the Pentagon said Monday. The announcement follows word that Israel has already launched limited raids across the border into Lebanon.
The additional forces would raise the total number of troops in the region to as many as 43,000.
The increased presence will involve multiple fighter jet and attack aircraft squadrons, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters. U.S. officials said the total includes small numbers of other troops to augment the presence as well.
It follows recent strikes in Lebanon and the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, a significant escalation in the war in the Middle East, this time between Israel and Hezbollah.
The additional personnel includes squadrons of F-15E, F-16, and F-22 fighter jets and A-10 attack aircraft, and the personnel needed to support them. The jets were supposed to rotate in and replace the squadrons already there. Instead, both the existing and new squadrons will remain in place to double the airpower on hand.
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I read this as: Biden’s handlers don’t want middle east madness to jack up gas prices during an election year.
Saudi’s have already upped output
During Zelensky’s visit last week, Biden announced $8 billion in more aid for Ukraine
today he said there is NO more money for hurricane victims in Tennessee and North Carolina
And none to stop the invasion on our border.
What could possibly go wrong?
Camel Toe also said we have no troops in an active war zone.
a whole lot depends on where they are going and what they are supposed to do
recalling that Obama (or whatever his real name may have been) sent USA forces to actually protect his BFF Iranian dictators’ nuclear bomb and ICBM factories
saying that he would go to war against any nation(s) attempting to stop them
so again, this news today depends on where the USA forces are being sent and FOR WHAT
Sorry Carolina, Biden says we’ve already given everything we have. Just not to you.
Oh, Israel is winning now, so Biden is putting a little effort into pretending he’s not aligned with Iran?
I hope they all make it back home safely, they are in danger for no good reason.
“Sorry Carolina, Biden says we’ve already given everything we have. Just not to you.”
Pretty sure it won’t stop them from voting for Harris.
They are not there to fight, only “advise,” just like Vietnam.
The Democratic Party is worried sick about poll numbers from Jewish Americans and pro-Israel voters.
I take this as a sign the war-pigs are abandoning Ukraine and looking for a new conflict to intervene in.
Looks like ‘air support’ to me
Good! It’s not like we have anything like massive hurricane damage across a giant swath of the SE and countless dead.
Oh, not advisors to the ukes? Or are we staging them.
That’s nice... until it’s war with Iran. Saudi oil is on the east coast and goes through the Persian gulf and a Red Sea port vulnerable to the Houthis.
Someone had better inform Kackles Harris.
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