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Posted on 02/12/2026 8:39:40 AM PST by thegagline
The Pentagon has reportedly ordered a second aircraft carrier strike group to prepare to deploy to the Middle East in support of potential military action against Iran.
President Trump has not yet given the carrier group the greenlight to deploy, but an order could be issued “in a matter of hours,” the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday night, citing US officials.
The deployment would likely come from the US East Coast, and one carrier is being prepped to head out to sea in two weeks, an official told the publication.
The USS George H.W. Bush is currently conducting training exercises off the coast of Virginia and could be the carrier that ends up deploying.
The warship is capable of launching F-35 stealth fighter jets, which would likely be needed for a strike inside Iran, according to the outlet.
The ship would join the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group that is already in the region.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to use military force against Iran over the regime’s killing of protesters and refusal to dismantle its nuclear program.
The president has warned of a “massive flotilla” or “big armada” heading toward Iran several times since last month and as recently as Tuesday.
Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Wednesday to discuss a possible attack on Iran.
“There was nothing definitive reached other than I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a Deal can be consummated,” Trump posted***
“If it can, I let the Prime Minister know that will be a preference.” ***the president continued. *** Netanyahu reportedly brought intelligence material to the meeting intended to convince Trump to target Iran’s ballistic missile stockpiles if he decides to attack, Israeli news outlet i24News reported. ***
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Aren’t mercenaries supposed to receive monetary compensation?
North Korea always tests the new president. When Nixon was elected, they killed some American soldiers in the DMZ. Nixon acted like he was going to utterly obliterate the North. Here’s the thing. Threats without deployment mean NOTHING. Nixon whistled up carriers, bombers and logistics. The North immediately provided evidence they had shot the perpetrators and there were no more problems with the North while Nixon was president. This may be why a second carrier is going to the region.
Bibi has spoken.
Global War is just around the corner....
Christiansciencemonitor.com
By David R. Francis
Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Oct. 23, 1984
Congress Passes New law;
Converts US loans to Israel into gifts
Promises Israel US tax dollars billions to repay US loans
Congress has forgiven Israel the $9 billion in debt it owes the United States. Congress, with barely any public discussion, passed a law stating: ‘’Congress declares that it is the policy and intention of the United States that the funds provided in annual appropriations for the Economic Support Fund which are allocated to Israel shall not be less than the annual debt repayment (interest and principal) from Israel to the United States government in recognition that such a principle serves United States interests in the region.’’
The measure, sponsored originally by Democratic Sens. Alan Cranston of California and Joseph R. Biden of Delaware, was appended to the continuing resolution that provides funds for this budget year. Congress approved this resolution Oct. 9, shortly before it adjourned. David Sadd, executive director of the National Association of Arab Americans, says the action is ‘’tantamount to cancellation of Israel’s debts to the US.’’
The provision says that the US will provide Israel at least enough tax dollars to “service” US loans to Israel. These repayments stretch decades into the future, but they are heaviest in the next few years.
In 1984, for the first time, all US aid to Israel consists of pure “grants,” rather than “loans.”
From the standpoint of the backers of the measure, most of whom refused to be quoted by name, the provision is part of the process of helping Israel out of an economic crisis without too great a cut in that country’s standard of living. On top of a massive balance-of-payments deficit and rampant inflation, Israel faces large service payments on the debts piled up in the 1973 war against Egypt and Syria.
A 10-year grace period on the principal of some of these loans is now past. For a time last week there was a debate among officials as to the nature of the debt provision. The Reagan administration, although not quarreling with the level of aid implied by the measure, would have preferred passage of a ‘’sense-of-the-Congress resolution’’ that it could more easily disregard if it wished and did not set a precedent for other nations in debt to the US.
Indeed, a State Department official said the department’s lawyers, after reading the language, interpreted it as ‘’nonbinding.’’ (He had earlier said it was ‘’binding.’’)
On Capitol Hill, however, staff members involved with the bill, though admitting to some ambiguity in it, said it was binding. They say the administration must now submit to Congress each year an appropriation for Israel at least equal to Israel’s debt-servicing charges. That would be at least $1.1 billion in Economic Support Funds (foreign aid) for fiscal 1985, since Israel will owe about that much in that year.
This is close to the $1.2 billion granted in the current fiscal year, ending next Sept. 30. ‘’I feel they (administration officials) are obliged to (obey the bill), and I would like to see them taken to court if they don’t,’’ a Cranston staff member said.
Another congressional staff member commented on the provision: ‘’It does not say you (administration officials) cannot pay your own salaries unless you submit a budget with the aid included. But there is a strong moral force behind it.’’ In theory, no Congress can oblige a future Congress to any action. But supporters of the measure say its sponsors intended to make it as binding as possible in spirit.
‘’Congress is obligating itself,’’ said Stephen Silberfarb, a legislative aide at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. ‘’It is binding.’’ That group, which supports Israel, lobbied for the measure. This provision, supporters say, ensures that Israel will not have to pay more to the US than it receives in foreign aid. (Israel will be getting another $1.4 billion grant in military assistance, however.) ‘’That would not make sense,’’ said Mr. Silberfarb. US aid to Israel has in recent years exceeded debt repayments anyway, supporters add.
Israel’s backers also note that outright cancellation of the nation’s debts would require an appropriation of Congress. Of course, it would be more difficult to get a $9 billion appropriation passed than the $2.6 billion included in the continuing resolution.
On the other side, Mr. Sadd of the National Association of Arab-Americans, commented: ‘’It is rather remarkable that something so dramatic could happen without public debate and knowledge.’’ In a telephone interview, he charged that a ‘’couple of members of Congress in concert with the Israeli lobby’’ were able to get this measure passed through a conference on the continuing resolution without most members of Congress or key officials in the administration knowing what was being done.
‘’This says to Israel, ‘The United States Treasury is at your disposal,’ ‘’ he said. Mr. Sadd criticized particularly Rep. Clarence D. Long Jr. (D) of Maryland, chairman of the foreign operations subcomittee of the House Appropriations Committee, as ‘’one of Israel’s most powerful friends.’’ He said that 30 percent of the members of this subcommittee, which first considers aid to Israel, are Jewish and that the rest come from constituencies where Jewish voters are important. Further, he charged that Mr. Long gets some 75 percent of his campaign funds from pro-Israel political-action committees or Jewish supporters.
Michael Granoff, Congressman Long’s representative on the subcommittee, responded by saying that it was ‘’a dangerous thing’’ to say people support Israel because they are Jewish. He said it smacks of accusing them of ‘’dual loyalties.’’ Most contributions to Long’s campaign funds are from individuals, he said. ‘’When we get individual contributions, we don’t ask people their religion.’’ Long then lost his next election.
Link: How large is US aid to Israel?
Twelve trillion in aid to Israel since Trump took office in ‘25 ?
Source ?
oops, my bad..
Sadly.
Israel would only indirectly benefit by containing a nuclear terrorist.
“Global War is just around the corner....”
Nope. There is no democrat in the whitehouse to kick it off as usual.
The global war never ended.
The communists have been waging war on us for generations now and have been using central American and Iranian proxies since 1979 and Cuba a lot longer .
I see Trump has dropped the whole peace thing.
Pentagon orders second carrier strike group to prepare to deploy to Middle East
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The elections this Fall are gonna tough. Trump doesn’t need to add any unnecessary headwinds to our election chances. Anyone who thinks attacking Iran is (in ANY meaningful sense) an imperative military action is either an agent provocateur or hopelessly lost in a Neo-Con fantasy. Either way, someone needs to get in Trumps ear and warn him against any more unforced errors in foreign policy.
Iran has been at war with us ever since the beardos in bedsheets took over the country...they have been involved in the death of 1000+ Americans. They invaded American Soil (the US embassy)and enslaved Americans. They should have been taken out when the Peanut Farmer was President.
As one astute FReeper posted: There are those so blinded by annual billions of US tax dollars blanketing tiny Israel that Americans not wanting another Middle East war (just because Israel wants it) is deemed “ANTISEMITIC.” Do we really want to get into a war with Iran ....... a country twice the size of Iraq? With 67 million people, 10% of whom HATE us?
Reality Check
Iran has a large military in terms of personnel, tanks, and regional
proxies, plus Iran has larger numbers in its missile arsenal.
Yet, Israel is generally seen as militarily stronger due to its annoyingly persistent lobby embedding
Israel’s “qualitative edge” in US law without the knowledge and acquiescence of US taxpayers.
Israel slobbers at the US funding trough 24/7 and is dependent on US tax dollars to advance its air power, the paper tiger of its super-hyped intelligence apparat, and its presumably “cutting-edge” technology financed with US tax dollars.
Israeli military is totally dependent on US tax dollars and thus can throw around its military weight against anyone who stands in the way of Israel’s quest for world domination.
Israel makes a sophomoric show-and-tell of “strong US support”.
US taxpayer outlays for its multi-layered air defense system are massive.......
thus making Israel appear to be superior in technological and military effectiveness.
FTA
“I let the Prime Minister know that negotiation is my preference,” Trump said.
Still bomb-happy, Netanyahu reportedly brought intelligence material to the meeting intended to convince Trump to target Iran’s ballistic missile stockpiles, Israeli news outlet i24News reported.
2nd Carrier being prepped to deploy to the Middle East
https://youtu.be/0LARRfzIIRY?si=DKCROIOED7ruHCl6
looks like something is going down in the Middle East? An attack on Iran perhaps? Take out Yemen?
those be billions A
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