Trump Told Congress He Was Building Up US Forces in Mideast To Protect Israel

51 thoughts on “Trump Told Congress He Was Building Up US Forces in Mideast To Protect Israel”

1. Well past time for a hard reboot. Pretty sure the Founders would have hanged someone like this in the town square.

2. America first, baby …

   1. Ah c'mon, think about all those assets he's protecting. /s

      1. Neoconning!…..

   2. America first, our allies second. Who are these guys? Who funds them, who trains them, who supports, who arms them?

      Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)

      Gama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group – IG)

      Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)

      Hizballah

      Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

      PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC)

      Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C)

      al-Qa’ida (AQ)

      Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)

      Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM)

      Lashkar-e Tayyiba (LeT)

      Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (AAMB)

      Asbat al-Ansar (AAA)

      al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

      Jemaah Islamiya (JI)

      Lashkar i Jhangvi (LJ)

      Ansar al-Islam (AAI)

      Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (formerly al-Qa’ida in Iraq)

      Islamic Jihad Union (IJU)

      Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B)

      al-Shabaab

      Revolutionary Struggle (RS)

      Kata’ib Hizballah (KH)

      al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

      Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami (HUJI)

      Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP)

      Jaysh al-Adl (formerly Jundallah)

      Army of Islam (AOI)

      Indian Mujahedeen (IM)

      Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT)

      Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB)

      Haqqani Network (HQN)

      Ansar al-Dine (AAD)

      Boko Haram

      Ansaru

      al-Mulathamun Battalion (AMB)

      Ansar al-Shari’a in Benghazi

      Ansar al-Shari’a in Darnah

      Ansar al-Shari’a in Tunisia

      ISIL Sinai Province (formerly Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis)

      al-Nusrah Front

      Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC)

      Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al Naqshabandi (JRTN)

      ISIL-Khorasan (ISIL-K)

      Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s Branch in Libya (ISIL-Libya)

      Al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent

      Hizbul Mujahideen (HM)

      ISIS-Bangladesh

      ISIS-Philippines

      ISIS-West Africa

      ISIS-Greater Sahara

      al-Ashtar Brigades (AAB)

      Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM)

      HAMAS

      National Liberation Army (ELN)

      Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)

      Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ)

      Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

      1. Well, we know that Hamas was funded by Israel and many of the others are offshoots of the “freedom fighters” the US and Gulf Arabs funded in the 80s and 90s …

         America first would be pretty good, no?

         1. Nice propaganda! Hamas started out as a charity, which Israel supported, but lost their status with 1988 Hamas Covenant, calling for the "obliteration" of Israel.

            We supported the Afghan Mujahideen against the Soviets, and later bin Laden bright in his Arab Mujahideen and we had to lay him to waist. Try to keep up with world history.

            1. Nonsense. Mr Nuttyyahoo is on the record in the late 2010s talking about how Israel appreciates having Hamas around and has been supportive of them over the years.

            2. For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces

               https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/

      2. What Allies? Newsflash, our old allies have had enough of trump.

   3. Of course and with the emperor Trump riding naked on a white horse and many cheering him on.

3. It's surprising that this would even be a news story. The central project of American society for decades has been printing and borrowing trillions of dollars to wreck the Middle East for Israel. Americans sacrifice the fortunes of multiple generations with that one unwavering goal.

   I like to do a little thought experiment called the Martian Accountant, in which an alien CPA comes to Earth and looks at a society and gets down to what the purpose of that society is by following the money, taking spending priorities as social priorities. The only real consistent job that the machine called the USA is built for is wrecking social order in between Morocco and India to aid Israel. People might think they teach kindergarten or realign tires or whatever for a living, but really they're just taxable cogs in a small wheel of a great machine that wrecks social order in between Morocco and India to aid Israel. Everyone from great-grandpa to grandkids not yet born pay for it.

   1. The letter they refer to says "These forces include capabilities for air and missile defense of Israel and of locations hosting United States forces "

      Why would we not stop declared enemies from attack US Base and our ships in international shipping lanes?

      Is there a reason why we would not support an ally from enemy missiles directed at them? In reality, if not for the stopping of all these missiles, Israel would be forced to wreak havoc on Yemen to make it stop.

      1. But why do we have bases and ships there in the first place? If you don’t want to get your soldiers hurt, keep them at home.

         1. 750 bases………….and counting.
            How much does THAT cost the average citizen?

            1. We could easily cut the Pentagon budget in half if it was a real “defense” focus

            2. That would put a lot of Americans out of work. And there is no point in have the biggest military power in the world and not using it to protect our interests and our ships.

            3. The point of a republic’s military is to defend it, not to throw your weight around the world. Read JQ Adams’s speech on that.

            4. Nice dodge! You couch exercising our authority and power to protect and defend our ships and our allies in the region as "throwing our weight around".

            5. You’re a moron. We have no “authority” in other peoples territories. So if we stay where we are supposed to be, defending our own land, there would be no need to have overseas bases in the first place.

            6. You had me after the first sentence.

            7. " … She might become the dictatress of the world. She would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit."

               Beyond the "dictatress" or our own rulers, Adams didn't expect we'd become the "monsters."

            8. No, it would free them up to work in the productive sector instead of the parasitic political sector.

               I don’t think a 50% cut is sufficient, but I’d happily compromise at, say, 10% per year for eight years. That would almost get the US back to a military merely sufficient for “national defense” instead of constant foreign misadventure.

      2. "Is there a reason why we would not support an ally from enemy missiles."

         For one, because military support for Israel violates U.S. law.

         Among its crimes, Israel is using starvation and blocking humanitarian aid as methods of war.

         And – besides violating international law – US law says no military aid for countries guilty of gross violations of human rights like Israel's.

   2. While I like the sentiment, I think the cause is backwards: The central project of American society for decades has been printing and borrowing trillions of dollars to make easy money for the people who matter. Israel and the greater Middle East for Israel has merely been a good excuse for that, as well as a convenient scapegoat.

4. “Here’s your hat! What’s your hurry?!”…. ….. …..

5. ”As a man thinketh?! Therefore he is!”…. …. …. ….. ……

   1. As a man thinketh, so is he" found in Proverbs 23:7 and is a reminder that a person's thoughts shape their actions and overall being.——–Islamism is the totalitarianism of the 21st century. Islamic Countries are not bastions of human rights, women's rights, gay rights, religious rights, nor freedom of press, speech, and expression.

      1. Some forms of Islamism are forms of 21st century totalitarianism, others are not quite as authoritarian. Just like some non-Islamist states are totalitarian and others are not quite as authoritarian.

      2. So what's the difference between Trump and them?

      3. What is Israel in the 21st century??? A bastion of peace and love?

6. A federal court of appeals ruled earlier this month that the White House, surgeon general, CDC and FBI “likely violated the First Amendment” by exerting a pressure campaign on social media companies to censor COVID-19 skeptics — including Stanford epidemiologist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya.
   “I think this ruling is akin to the second Enlightenment,” Bhattacharya told The Post. “It’s a ruling that says there’s a democracy of ideas. The issue is not whether the ideas are wrong or right. The question is who gets to control what ideas are expressed in the public square?”

   https://nypost.com/2023/09/20/how-dr-jay-bhattacharya-beat-biden-administration-censorship/

   Indeed, Dr Bhattacharya. That was before, now:

   Lee Fang • @Ihfang

   Building on the arrests of foreign students over criticism of Israel, NIH is imposing new speech rules on American scientists. All 300,000 researchers working on NIH grants may not voice support for boycotts or similar protests of Israel. Doing so risks significant penalties.

   NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
   •Lee Fang @Ihfang
   16h

   Also incredible that these rules are coming from Dr. Jay Bhattacharya's NIH. Bhattacharya promised a new era of free speech and dissent at NIH and yet is delivering the most draconian censorship in modern America.

   Trump Admin Enacts Vast Censorship of American Scientists Over Israel
   NIH promised an era of free speech and free expression. New rules attempt to chill speech related to Israel.
   https://www.leefang.com/p/trump-admin-enacts-vast-censorship

   1. All cabinet people have to do what Trump orders or they will be fired. That's how he rules, that's how all dictators rule.
      Now the right is saying that even China is folding and going with Trump.

      1. Not true.
         China is moving along.
         Listen to Pepe Escobar:

         1. I listen to Pepe Escobar a lot. I was saying that the Right is saying that China is folding, they are parading that news out constantly. Now Trump has folded but he makes it look like some other "nut case" put the tariffs on China at 145% and he is going to lower them out of compassion.

      2. Right can say all they want to satisfy their ego and egoess…!

      3. The other side of that is selling out to maintain a position. When your principles are only applied to how it effects you, you lose respect and rightfully so.

         I was actually pulling for Bhattacharya, he seemed like a decent, fair minded scholar.
         Now, not so much. Whored out for status?

7. The USA supports an apartheid war criminal nation to the tune of BILLIONS while its own veterans sleep on streets. Why should American taxpayers be forced to fund ANY actions that amount to mass murder of innocent people? If God made Trump turn his head to avoid a bullet in Butler on 7-13-24, how will He react to Trump allowing the mass murder of all those "terrorist" children and women in Gaza? Trump and Nutty Yahoo and all the disgusting slime that directs genocidal policies do not fully understand the forces they are up against!

   1. Every death in Gaza is on Hamas, who willfully and deliberately invited Israel into Gaza on Oct 7th by way of genocidal massacre and rounding up hundreds of Israel men, women, an children of all ages as hostages, knowing that Israel would have to respond in the most aggressive manner.

      1. "Every death in Gaza is on Hamas"

         Uh-uh – not a legal defense for genocide in the ICC trial Israel faces.

         Hutus found guilty of genocide had their excuses for genocide too. You're just like them – a Hutu butcher in a blue n' white beanie.

8. Neocon much in DC?!….

9. I wonder if the US military has circulated a survey to determine how many of its members are ready to die to protect Israel. Of course, soldiers will follow orders, but then they did that in Afghanistan and Iraq and they were sent for none of the reasons they were told they were going for. How many more are willing to be killed or maimed for a lie? They deserve better than that. HOWEVER….

   "It is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." – H Goering, 1946

   1. Older post, but still valid:

      This was us, this was me. On my profile landing page is a small video of myself in Iraq. I was one of the few soldiers who managed to sneak a camera into the combat zones. I have over 20 hours of footage the world has never seen, I will never show it.

      Maybe when I die I will release it. However this footage below is an example of what our time in Iraq was. We as Americans and Coalition forces invaded a land and people under false pretense of WMDs that were never found and dangers to America that did not exist.

      There is a famous quote that states, "History is written by the victors." This is what the west has tried to deliver to the world.

      The truth is America and Coalition forces were the bad guys, we were not the good guys. What did we accomplish in our over 20 year invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan?

      We killed over one million people and secured power for Israel along with losing over seven thousand American lives and leaving countless Americans permanently disabled.

      I will not hold back the truth because now our American government seeks the same thing. They seek to send Americans into war for Israel and regional power but the soldiers will be told it is to defend America.

      Ask any Iraq/Afghanistan veteran why we were there, ask them. Any veteran of these wars that are honest and worth their salt will tell you just as I do, we fought for nothing. There was no threat to America and the people were better off before we invaded.

      Any veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan that says these invasions were justified is lying, I will absolutely stand by that and any bastard who was there who says otherwise I will call a liar to their face…..

      No more lives for lies.

      Speak it with me,

      NO MORE LIVES FOR LIES!

      (More plus video) https://x.com/DravenNoctis/status/1838521509834301823

      1. Wow, thank you ED, your posts always a worthy read but this stands above the norm, with the Noctis Draven intro an essential follow.

         From today: "Twin little girls killed by Israel 🇮🇱, funded by America. … I often wonder how many times we pray for angels only for God to send them and for us to kill them…"
         https://x.com/DravenNoctis/status/1915031370214072460

   2. US mainstream media brainwashes US public and Pentagon brainwashes US soldiers…!

10. I got sick to my stomach just reading it. Trump is ruling with an iron fist and his "world peace" means killing anyone that does not agree with him adn the USA and Israel.

11. He said the military buildup included “capabilities for air and missile defense of Israel and of locations hosting United States forces, as well as fighter, support, and reconnaissance aircraft to enable strikes on Houthi targets.”

    Would that be the same missile defense system failing to protect Israel on the operation True Promise II…?! And the same MQ-9 reconnaissance drone dropping like dead flies over Yemen…?!

12. ”You say you want a revolution! Yeah! Well, ya know?! We all want to change the world!”…. ….. ….. ……

    1. "You say you got a real solution
       Well, you know
       We'd all love to see the plan"

13. I was under the impression that Israel's "Iron Dome" was the best thing since sliced bread, Jesus walking on water, or Facebook (lol). why does Israel need Thaad or patriot missile systems?

14. Alternative to the Propaganda media: https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1914445982969790797

Comments are closed.