By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-30 20:17:12 | Updated at 2024-10-01 11:34:00
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The US is sending a few thousand more troops to the Middle East to boost security
AP ^ | 9/30/24
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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TOPICS: Government; Israel; War
KEYWORDS: endtimes; israel; middleeast
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1 posted on 09/30/2024 12:24:53 PM PDT by EBH
To: EBH
I read this as: Biden’s handlers don’t want middle east madness to jack up gas prices during an election year.
2 posted on 09/30/2024 12:25:38 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: Tell It Right
Saudi’s have already upped output
3 posted on 09/30/2024 12:26:40 PM PDT by EBH (America Blackmailed, The True Story of the World War...Coming Soon (1/21-))
To: EBH
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
4 posted on 09/30/2024 12:27:14 PM PDT by PGR88
To: EBH
And none to stop the invasion on our border.
5 posted on 09/30/2024 12:29:20 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
To: EBH
What could possibly go wrong?
6 posted on 09/30/2024 12:32:03 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: PGR88
Camel Toe also said we have no troops in an active war zone.
To: EBH
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
8 posted on 09/30/2024 12:42:29 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
To: EBH
Sorry Carolina, Biden says we’ve already given everything we have. Just not to you.
9 posted on 09/30/2024 12:46:05 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
To: EBH
Oh, Israel is winning now, so Biden is putting a little effort into pretending he’s not aligned with Iran?
10 posted on 09/30/2024 12:47:07 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
To: EBH
I hope they all make it back home safely, they are in danger for no good reason.
11 posted on 09/30/2024 12:47:23 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (.You will suffer from one: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret. )
To: Mr. Blond
“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.
12 posted on 09/30/2024 12:48:44 PM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
To: EBH
They are not there to fight, only “advise,” just like Vietnam.
13 posted on 09/30/2024 12:51:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
To: EBH
Translation...
The Democratic Party is worried sick about poll numbers from Jewish Americans and pro-Israel voters.
14 posted on 09/30/2024 12:52:49 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
To: EBH
I take this as a sign the war-pigs are abandoning Ukraine and looking for a new conflict to intervene in.
15 posted on 09/30/2024 12:53:24 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Looks like ‘air support’ to me
16 posted on 09/30/2024 12:55:45 PM PDT by EBH (America Blackmailed, The True Story of the World War...Coming Soon (1/21-))
To: EBH
Good! It’s not like we have anything like massive hurricane damage across a giant swath of the SE and countless dead.
17 posted on 09/30/2024 12:55:49 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
To: EBH
Oh, not advisors to the ukes? Or are we staging them.
18 posted on 09/30/2024 12:57:48 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from withinE? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
To: EBH
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.
19 posted on 09/30/2024 12:58:25 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
To: EBH
Someone had better inform Kackles Harris.
20 posted on 09/30/2024 1:00:09 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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