Israel has agreed to a request from the US to delay its ground invasion of Gaza so the US can send more missile defense systems to the region to prepare for an expected escalation of attacks on US troops, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
The report said the US is rushing to deploy nearly a dozen air defense systems to the region that will aim to protect US troops stationed in Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Saturday that he ordered the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and multiple Patriot air defense systems to the region. The WSJ report said Israel has agreed to hold off its invasion until the additional air defenses are put in place, which could be completed at the end of this week.
Later on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a ground invasion was coming but didn’t say when. “We are preparing for a ground invasion. I will not elaborate on when, how or how many. I will also not elaborate on the various calculations we are making, which the public is mostly unaware of and that is how things should be,” he said.
The Pentagon said on Tuesday that US troops based in Syria and Iraq had come under attack 13 times within a week, causing dozens of minor injuries. The deployment of so many air defenses to the region demonstrates that the US expects the situation for the US troops to get much worse.
The US has said Iran is responsible for the attacks on US troops because its “proxy forces” are behind them, referring to Shia militias in Iraq and Syria. But there’s no indication Iran has ordered the attacks, which the Pentagon has acknowledged, and the militias are capable of acting independently.
The US has also deployed two aircraft carrier strike groups, two amphibious vessels carrying thousands of Marines, and additional fighter jets to the region. The implication is that the US might directly intervene if Hezbollah or other regional actors enter the war.
I’m not exactly certain, if deploying such a massive fleet, is the best idea
we can come up with…
That fleet is neatly and helplessly kettled.
Agreed. All ready for a false flag operation from the Israelis that nobody in the MSM will ever question.
MSM = NNM = National News Monopolies
Israel has the most potent PR on the planet. Media, Hollywood.
We are involved in the planning and execution of this: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-exclusive-israel-will-flood-hamas-tunnels-nerve-gas-under-delta-force-supervision
The neocons want the fleet to be attacked so they can blame Iran and Syria and finally complete the quest they started in 2001.
There should be lots more comments here. Think about how outrageous this claim would be if true.
I think many of us are trying to wrap our heads around this nonsense. Does President Biden think the USA is sheltered under a force-field or something ? One that also prints money, apparently ?
I just wonder how long ago the US and Israel planned these actions?
I don’t know if this guy is full of shit or not:
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/10/24/macgregor_us_and_israel_special_forces_went_on_a_scouting_mission_to_gaza_and_were_shot_to_pieces.html
Macgregor has always been staunchly pro Israel as well so if he is saying this is a bad idea, might be worth a listen to him.
Haven’t kept up with Macgregor lately. Is he still coming out every few days like a defective groundhog to predict that Ukraine will collapse within a week or ten days, as he did from February to September of last year?
Then get the fuck out of Syria. No reason to be there.
They have a reason though, that’s to steal another nations OIL
We’d be there oil or not.
Where do we have troops deployed that we aren’t protecting American interests – a natural resource we want to maintain access to at low-cost?
I’m not saying we aren’t in the region because of oil, just in Syria.
I know. Again, that is not legitimate. Get the f out.
Israel told the US to tell Israel not to invade Gaza. Better to keep ordering bombing from sanitary offices, or telecommuting.
The US has said Iran is responsible for the attacks on US troops because its “proxy forces” are behind them, referring to Shia militias in Iraq and Syria.
Which means, at worst, Iran is indirectly involved. We established that precedent in Ukraine.
We are the “rules-based” nation, remember? /s
Well one has to give the US/Israel credit, they’ve brought the Shia and Sunni together after 1400 years of conflict. What a remarkable, if unintended, achievement.
Aaaaand once again our fealty to Israel places American lives in danger.
Can the UN rescind Resolution 181? Asking for a friend.
Israel is the real “America”.
This is the real America: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-exclusive-israel-will-flood-hamas-tunnels-nerve-gas-under-delta-force-supervision
Yes, I read that, … not unlikely but probably tear gas, force them out and kill with bullets. In Nam Marines used napalm to suck out all the oxygen and kill by asphyxiation. Also, very likely WSJ was bad dope to prepare for surprise.
I agree with Alexander Mercouris: The US is preparing for an offensive war in the region against someone. At the very least, I believe this entire affair is aimed at Hezbollah – but may also, by extension of the resulting conflict, be aimed at Syria and Iran.
The ultimate goals remain the “same as it ever was” for both the Zionists and the neocons: US domination of the Middle East – and its oil and gas resources – through its “aircraft carrier”: Israel
Unachievable, of course – but since when did that ever stop either the Zionist or neocon ideological fanatics?
Bigger: Zionist domination of the planet … including the US, of course.
Not the whole planet, just the “people not like us;” the “not human beings.
It’s aimed at Iran, we already have Syria’s oil, and the neocons have been dreaming of war with Iran for decades. They think Iran’s “hostile” to America; but then why would Iran be hostile to America? All we did was depose their popular democratically elected PM Mohammad Mossadegh, raze their democracy, install the brutal, but western-friendly, dictator Shah Reza Pahlavi condemning the Iranian people to 25+ years of vicious oppression while we exploited their oil reserves.
It’s aimed at Iran eventually, but they have to take out Hezbollah first, otherwise Israel gets hit with literally thousands of rockets and missiles – the one thing Israel wants to avoid – and can only mitigate at all (to an unknown and problematic degree) by having the US do the heavy lifting against Hezbollah. Should that be successful – which I doubt – then Israel and the US neocons can attack Iran.
Of course, it’s possible these idiots have decided to attack everyone all at once. In that case, the US and Israel are going to be defeated. Israel will probably be destroyed, to boot. If the Israelis start launching nukes, even Russia will join in to destroy them. Which of course then raises the question of what does the US do vis-a-vis Russia…
Perhaps this is the reason for the delay: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-exclusive-israel-will-flood-hamas-tunnels-nerve-gas-under-delta-force-supervision Can’t let the IDF men and women get a whiff, can’t we?
The same air defense systems that protected Saudis oil facilities against Houthis missile attack…?! None of the systems being sent can intercept hypersonic missiles and guess who has them…!
Best defense would be a cease fire since there is no point to endangering US personnel over this conflict.