The Pentagon said Monday that it’s sending additional troops to the Middle East after Israel significantly escalated its bombing campaign in Lebanon earlier in the day.
Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said, “In light of increased tension in the Middle East and out of an abundance of caution, we are sending a small number of additional US military personnel forward to augment our forces that are already in the region.”
Ryder wouldn’t say how many troops the US would send to the region. “But for operational security reasons, I’m not going to comment on or provide specifics,” he said. There are currently about 40,000 US military personnel across the Middle East.
According to Lebanon’s Health Minister, the Israeli bombardment that began early Monday has killed at least 492 people, including at least 35 children and 58 women, and has wounded 1,024. Haaretz reported on Monday that the US supported Israel’s actions in Lebanon but currently objects to a potential ground invasion.
Throughout the past year, the US has sent additional forces to the Middle East as a show of support for Israel. The strong support from the US, including a constant flow of weapons shipments, has emboldened Israel to escalate in Lebanon and elsewhere in the region.
The night before Israel escalated its bombing of southern Lebanon, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and made it clear the US backed Israel against Hezbollah.
“The Secretary (Austin) expressed his support for Israel’s right to defend itself as Hizballah extends its attacks deeper into Israel,” the Pentagon said in a readout of the call.
The readout said Austin also “stressed the importance of finding a path to a diplomatic solution,” but the US has not threatened to withhold any support if Israel continues to escalate the situation.
The Pentagon said Austin also “made clear that the United States remains postured to protect US forces and personnel and determined to deter any regional actors from exploiting the situation or expanding the conflict.”
Why anybody would want to join the US Armed Forces is beyond me. This is just another escalation. WWIII is coming. Protect yourself and your interests. Buy a CB radio, because the internet will undoubted be shut down for 'security resons'. If a draft is instituted it will really get ugly. Wash. is living in another, separate reality from the rest of the hoi poli and our destruction is eminent unless we do something. Nothing has been done so far, but I have hope people will finally wake up when this war affects them. God help us.
"Why anybody would want to join the US Armed Forces is beyond me" You statement is correct. It is beyond your ability to understand why people join the military.
While the IDF offers the opportunity to enjoy video games that slaughter real helpless women and children, gang bum torture, sniper shooting girls in the head from 400 meters, crushing women under bulldozers, throwing bodies from roof-tops … and genocide dancing to the Amalek mitzvah.
And that has what to do with the US armed forces.
And "you" statement is nonsense.
Ahem.
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If my statement agreeing with his statement is nonsense is his statement nonsense?
You weren't agreeing with her. You were trying to insult her.
some people join the armed forces because of patriotism.Others need employment. Easy to understand.
Wow, you really missed her point.
Patriotism for the USA, yes; to defend a genocidal, apartheid regime and population, no.
This just in….,
Gaza News Now
"BBC correspondent in Haifa:
There is great destruction in Haifa, and the size of the missiles is large. We cannot talk about the large number of dead and wounded due to military censorship. Haifa is witnessing a large displacement, while the mayor appeals not to evacuate Haifa."
Israel never reports their casualties truthfully, if at all.
Austin is still babbling about "Israel's right to self-defense?"
He's another war criminal.
I'd like to put Austin in a cannon and shoot him off to the middle east. His head looks like an artillery shell, doesn't it?
Austism not Austin.
"We're confident in the ability that we have there right now to protect our forces and should we need to come to the defense of Israel as well.: Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said Thursday."
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/
Doesn't Congress declare war?? WTF!
Not since the end of WWII. But, it may declare war for the sake of Israel and the Zionist hoodlums who rule there. Obviously Israel is far more important than the USA or its people. I think that’s being proved over and over every day.
F### them all!!!
Plain English Jay!
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Of course. And the President decide how to deploy US military assets. The deployment is not an act of war.
I do not agree, as “deployment” is often an incitement to war, just as flooding Ukraine with USA weapons to be used against Russia may very well lead to the death of millions of USA citizens that have ZERO interest in what goes on between Ukraine and Russia!!
I concur!
Well Jay, that is how the country is set up. Congress declares war and the President is the commander and chief of the military.
Clearly you wish that were so, the reality is very different. 🙂
Have you read the constitution? See Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 11.
If the DC Ghouls read and follow the Constitution we would have had far fewer “police actions” and undeclared wars. You must work or be heavily invested in the MIC Tim. Bidet and company have declared war on Russia, in reality, and Congress never declared, and we may all be dead soon or living in a HellScape because of it. But I guess Timmy loves the thought of that.
Did you read what he said about "reality"? Obviously, the constitution has been compromised since WW2 since we've managed to kill over 20 million people without ONE declaration of war.
They don't want to. Then they would be exposed. We just have to look at all the lopsided votes when it comes to approving anything related to making war. You can usually count the "nay" votes using your fingers.
That confidence is seriously misplaced. Without major movement of air and naval forces into the region and massive reinforcement of the troops in Syria and Iraq, those troops in Syria and Iraq are dead meat.
All working out according to Bibi's plan:
Entrain the US in yet another disaster.
USA and Israel, one and the same, war loving Ghouls!
Hamas and Hezbollah one and the same war loving terrorists.
Tim:
A potential larger war looms before us… Can you dig that?!
But not in the same ballpark as Israel when it comes to being terrorists. Israel has set the standard.
"But not in the same ballpark" Well at least you now admit that Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorists.
Not once have I said differently. The US are terrorists too. Russia. The UK Ukraine. Germany. Need I go on? But other than the US, none compare to Israel. And the US only compares because of the sheer volume of innocents they have killed. Israel wins hands down on a per capita scale. Hamas and Hezbollah? Rank amateurs.
Why is it that the Palestinians don't have a right to defend themselves, i.e. fight back against an oppressor?
Who said they don't? Oct 7 was not self defense.
" out of an abundance of caution" They simply don't make enough rope for these people. After trial, of course.
The US' answer to calming tensions. But why should Israel expect anything different? I remember David Letterman's top ten lists. He'd have a top 50 if he named the times Israel has ignored any of the US' feigned attempts to reign in their barbarity. But, again, why shouldn't they?
What will Iran, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, etc., do to defend Lebanon, to defend the Semitic People of Palestine? These Islamic Nations are just talk so far, their Native People are watching, listening to the Cowards ruling their countries, how long before we have civil wars in some of these countries? These Nations need to work as one for the benefit of stopping the Genocide of Palestinians and stop the start of the Genocide of Lebanese. Two defenseless people, which sadly, our USA has no interest in protecting, but instead helping the Genocidal Zionist of the Terrorist State of Israel.
Wise words Gina, wise words and we surely need them…
As far as I am concerned as soon as Israel planted C-4 in thousands of hand held devices in Lebanon and exploded them, they declared war on the entire world and showed just how purely evil they truly are! Let alone what they have done to Gaza and of course the USS Liberty massacre that the evil LBJ winked at! Big mistake J-Boi's!!! Big mistake USA "politicians" that fall on their knees and give "oral pleasure" to Israel on demand while USA citizens are left to suffer, ignored, big time….
How did the pager attack which was directed at members of a terrorists group declare war on the entire world?
As for the Liberty attack it was a pure fog of war mistake. People claiming it was deliberate fail a simple test: What would Israel gain by attacking an American asset?
When the Master beckons, the servant obeys
It's not enough to give political cover. It's not enough to give free bombs, missiles, guns and ammo. Now the DC establishment is sending troops to back up the Israeli war criminals.
Doubtless those that enable, facilitate, and cheer on this evil bs sleep like babies.
Maybe time to take Israel off the US tit. Let them fund themselves!
No maybe about it.
Sorry Donna, but the US is not going to abandon Israel in its time of need.
Is there any other kind of time?
Miller time.
Tim,
I know you believe this but, it is dangerous my friend and I mean that sincerely.
I want everyone to have a homeland that is safe and secure.
Israel has a strong sense of self entitlement and that is dangerous.
Ego and Peace are incompatible, period.
It doesn't matter. Israel will never be safe. There is no turning back now.
For 76 years Israel has faced danger.
The old suicide bombing days will seem quaint.
Cause they live on stolen land.
USofA is in our own “time of need” ritenow and this ain’t our fight.
The total corruption of the US news media:
https://x.com/MarkSimoneNY/status/1837550189365600596?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Nobody knows who is making the decisions that a US President would ordinarily make. Where's Joe? Rigged elections have consequences.
The "rigged elections" don't have anything to do with it. The decisions are being made by the same people that were making decisions before Biden and will be making decisions after Biden. It would be different if this wasn't par for the course.
Well said wars, par for the course…!
Isn't democracy great?
The greatest thing about democracy is that it lets stupid people in on the decision making process. So, what else should one expect….grrr
I should amend that. Our rigged elections DO have consequences. But the rigging is in the form of being forced to vote for an "R" or "D". Or at least people think they're being forced.
There was no rigged election. Just a sore loser. Now a convict felony who believes people eat cats and dogs in Ohio. A true sign FTD dementia.
Let the nukes fly and get it over with.
For 11 month Lebanon played war with Israel. Lebanon figured that Israel was too busy to get serious with them and Iran would support them. Thus they fired on Israel daily while Israel fired back at about the same rate. But now it got serious. Lebanon is paying a heavy price for their support of Hamas in the Gaza war.
Meanwhile the US is sending a clear message to Iran to not get involved. What will Iran do.
I give you a P FOR PERSISTENCE Tim.
Peace is a safer and better course of action.
That's what Hasbra Trolls are paid to be. The "repeat a Lie persistently, so it becomes the 'Truth'" theory.
Iran has the necessary ways and means, thus far, they are making an effort, to avert a larger conflagration.
Tim, no one is stopping U from joining the Ukraine or Israel military forces and fighting for what you believe in, have at it! 🙂
He's probably wearing an IOF uniform and posting from Herzliya.
And no one is stopping you from going to Gaza to support you terrorists friends. Go for it.
Israel fired back at 8 X the rate.
war, war, and more war…. the USA's biggest export.
Redundancy is boring and Wrong!
Zionism is the root of the problem!….
If WE persist in this, Kaboom, for the region and beyond that: the world!
Cease Fire NOW!!!
Seems Israel is the only country that has the right to defend itself. Not us, not Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria. If they try they are declared terrorists.
Viva for the Viet Cong resistance. Yanks got their butts kicked and were unceremoniously booted back to the homeland
The Viet Cong resistance was almost entirely liquidated in the Tet Offensive. In fact, that was one of the major objectives of the offensive — Hanoi didn’t want a bunch of potential resistance to its rule once the NVA was ready and able to take the south by conventional military means.
The Tet Offensive was a military failure by the Viet Cong. Not the intention of the Viet Cong, but an outcome of the attack, was Americans started to realize that US not going to win that war.
Yes, the Tet offensive was a “military failure” in the tactical sense. It didn’t produce any immediate military victories of consequence. As you point out, one of its strategic effects (and intentions) was to make it clear to the US public that the war wasn’t going to be won, so as to arouse more opposition to it among Americans.
It was not, however, a National Libertation Front, aka Viet Cong, operation. It was a joint operation between the People’s Army of Viet Nam (aka North Vietnamese Army) and the NLF, ordered from Hanoi, and another of its strategic effects (and intentions) was to liquidate the NLF as an effective force so that when the south fell there would no longer exist a core of potential armed resistance to rule from Hanoi.
As if the objection prevents Israel from a potential invasion…!
" currently objects to a potential ground invasion."
No, it doesn't.
So "defend" means "offend militarily & disproportionally" in Pentagon language…!
The only troops required are Peace Keepers, not military!
I suppose the wars in the world might end when enough American soldiers are returned back to the U.S.A. in bodybags.
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My sources in Burma, about 80,000 Yankee troops are staging in Arabia, as was last done in 1990 with 600,000 , all this goes down in mid OCT thru Halloween, with Syria and Jordan joining the conflict, full Land invasion of Lebanon begins Oct 7th, on that anniversary date, with over 120,000 IDF imperial commando stormtroopers, heavy armor and b52 bombing, also use of hypersonic atomic warheads
This is sign of US being fearful of losing its hegemony when Israel is defeated and collapsed…!
When Reagan sent troops to Lebanon, Israel attacked the hotel and Reagan realized it was so insane he pulled the troops back out.