The United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has commanded U.S. troops to “be ready to deploy.”
This news comes just as Biden decides to visit Israel on Wednesday.
The consecutive events make one wonder if the Biden administration is gearing up to send troops into Israel.
Fox News has the specifics on the report:
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin put a significant number of U.S. troops on stand-by to “be ready to deploy,” over the weekend, though officials say the U.S. role would not be for combat.
A U.S. official confirmed with Fox News that Austin issued orders to troops that they should be ready to be deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean within 24-hours of receiving an order.
Specifically, top officials say troops would be sent to advise and provide medical support to Israeli forces.
The order is less of a deterrence posture like what has been seen with the mobilization of the USS Ford and USS Eisenhower strike groups in the Mediterranean, but instead appears to be a more direct support role for defense of Israel, if needed.
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Though they might state that the troops would not provide combat support.
How long before ‘medical support’ transpires into full-blown military action against Hamas and other aggressors?
US troops being told to be “ready to deploy” by the Department of Defense.
2,000 American troops likely being sent to the Middle East.
Did Biden ever even think or consider sending 2,000 troops to the US-Mexico border? Nope.
— Mike Crispi (@MikeCrispiNJ) October 16, 2023
🚨 #BREAKING: Biden’s US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has submitted “be ready to deploy” orders for up to 2,000 American troops should Israel need them, according to Fox News
SHOULD THE US BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR?
Is this in the best interest of America? pic.twitter.com/SYlGfhZded
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) October 16, 2023
U.S. involvement in these wars can quickly unravel our country as we know it.
We are already seeing concerning signs all over the nation.
This might be the nail in the coffin.
NBC News has more on the story:
Those being deployed would include service members with a variety of capabilities and specialties, including providing medical support and handling explosives.
The Defense Department has also already deployed the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it will join the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford in a show of support for Israel.
ADVERTISEMENTThe Israel Defense Forces have massed military personnel and equipment at the Gaza border, preparing to expand a retaliatory aerial attack with what it said would be “an integrated and coordinated attack from the air, sea and land.”
If President Trump were still in the White House, I would rest assured that we would not be involved in any foreign conflict.
With Democrats controlling many facets of the government, I can not be so sure.
President Trump’s winning the 2024 election is dire and can not come soon enough.
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