Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a limited number of U.S. troops to prepare for deployment in support of Israel, as reported by multiple sources.
Approximately 2,000 troops have been selected to be on standby for advisory and medical assistance.
The troops will be drawn from various branches of the U.S. military, including those already stationed in the Middle East and nearby Europe.
While their specific units and deployment locations have not been disclosed, it has been emphasized that they will not have a combat role.
The U.S. is extending support to Israel, which is engaged in a conflict with Hamas, primarily focusing on intelligence and planning assistance for potential hostage rescue operations.
Just why? Israel is a terrible ally and have continued to allow settlers to move into the West Bank stopping any attempts at a peace process. The US should wipe their hands of this mess instead getting into another quagmire.
“Settlers”
Because Hamas kidnapped some American citizens and is holding them in Gaza. The US would likely prefer to attempt any rescue themselves or at least assist in any attempts.
Unfortunately Israel is the only “western aligned” middle east country, so for that reason we go all watermelon eating contest on their bhole
is that really why ? I’ve been wondering
We don’t have universal health care in America and it’s their fault but we pay for them to have universal health care. So no, they’re not our ally, we’re vassals.
It’s Israel’s fault that there’s no universal health care in the US? How?
AIPAC funnels money to anti-UHC candidates like Shontel Brown despite the reality that the american taxpayer funds Israeli UHC.
Gee I wonder why Israel is the only Western aligned middle east country it’s almost like they do a genocide and the West sends aircraft carriers to protect them
because the Christian death cult running the states wants it to happen so their imaginary friend can come back.
Eh, Israel also is supposed to protect “our interests” in the Middle East, strategically positioned, etc. As an old friend who had a political blog for the Chicago Times once said (glad he’s not here to see this crap): all wars are Wall Street’s wars.
Israel does not need US troops help to slaughter mass Palestinians. They have had no problem doing that on their own for decades. We need to keep our troops out of further war crimes. We committed enough of those in Iraq.
Should Hamas committed a brutal act of violence and terrorism like they just did, no. Can Israel respond to that yes. Does that response give them the right to make a million civillians homeless or dead, and steal more land, no.
If I had to guess, this would be more about putting the breaks on genocide by giving us a hand on the wheel. Given how the Biden admin has handled Ukraine, I’d say that their team has been very pragmatic about escalation.
That said, we just got out of one pointless forever war in Afghanistan. I don’t think we need another.
So this is what its like watching a powder keg get packed. I am not fighting in WW3 for sake of an apartheid state. They pushed these people to their breaking point. If you don’t want devils, stop forcing people to live in hell.
I read a very enlightening comment earlier, that explained how the Netanyahoo regime and Hamas were co-dependent. Because Hamas keeps being terrorists, Netanyahoo can stay in power, and because the IDF keeps killing Palestinians, Hamas keeps getting support.
Agree in general but the thought is that US involvement comes if Iran fucks around in the west bank.
Israel doesn’t need physical US help obliterating civilians in gaza
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But have you considered how much money the weapons industry shareholders will make?
weapons industry shareholders
They’re eagerly seeking yacht upgrades, practically drooling at the prospect of a regional conflict, likely daydreaming about the financial windfall.
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Well, yes, but: Even more money! If the numbers don’t go up, and by more than predicted, it’s considered a failure.
I mean look at all of our past successes in the Middle East /s
Hamas kidnapped some American citizens and is holding them in Gaza. The US would likely prefer to attempt any rescue themselves or at least assist in any attempts.
I do not support this
US considers humanitarian deployment of troops to provide advice and medical aid
Lemmy: omg how TERRIBLE
As a genuine question, how often does the US do this? If this is relatively common then it’s probably fine. If this is unique or step one of what eventually becomes something else, there is some cause for concern.
I’m not saying it’s a good/bad idea, just want to put it in context.
This is a relatively common type of deployment to places where the US wants to be seen helping but doesn’t want to participate in the actual shooting. So they set up some field hospitals and send some people over for things like military intelligence coordination
Yeah I feel like people are jumping to conclusions here
“Are we the baddies?”
Yes, always have been. We just have a really good PR team.
And here I was wondering how Israel was going to be able to stand up to the multitudes of the Palestinian armed forces.
American troops operate under a uniform code of military justice. The IDF is headed by someone who called Palestinians “human animals”. While I don’t want American troops involved, Americans would be less likely to commit war crimes and genocide.
The IDF have been extremely critical of their leadership. Historically, soldiers being forced to fight a war for leadership they don’t support frequently ends badly for leadership when they return home.
Maybe so but the whole world will see this as Americans back in the middle east, killing Muslims, again.
This seems like a horribly misguided plan.
Americans would be less likely to commit war crimes and genocide.
You haven’t studied American warmaking history in the slightest, have you?
I said “less likely”, I didn’t say zero.
History is something we learn from. I’d like to believe our military learned from our past discretions.
This… Seems sensible? Iran has threatened to enter Gaza, and everyone should agree that that happening would be really bad. They’re the ones funding Hamas.
With the attention it’s brought, and the statements from Iran, I’m a bit worried that whatever they’ve been receiving from Russia in exchange for Iranian weapons has given Iran an inflated head, and feel like they can finally have something go their way.
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Choosing to support no evil may ultimately result in the greatest evil occuring. This is actually the subject of one of the more famous Witcher short stories, and it highlights this very well. I’ll try to quickly summarize.
A wizard tells him to kill this one girl because she was born in a celestial event that was a bad omen. The girl tells him to lure out the wizard so she and her gang can kill him. Geralt refuses both.
The girl confronts the wizard, who is safe behind his tower. Unless he comes out, her gang will start killing the townspeople wantonly. The wizard doesn’t give a shit. Geralt steps in and kills the gang and the girl, and tells the wizard he’ll kill him too if he does anything to her corpse.
The lesser evils were killing the wizard or killing the gang, and Geralt preferred to pick neither of them. But in doing so, an even greater evil became possible. Unless he took action, the worst outcome would come to pass.
This honestly has nothing to do with Israel at this point. I’m just saying that deciding against lesser evils may, in itself, may be a worse evil. Inaction is still an action.
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Yeahhhh
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That’s the hard part. We never know what the lesser evil will ultimately be. Knowing though that inaction may be not be the best option is important.
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Yeah, so they’re saying the US should support one religion over another? Both are nonsense. US support so far has only continued the cycle of violence.
And here I was, thinking the Puritans had died out.
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I truly fucking hate this situation, the deployment of American troops. Regrettably, I can already envision the headlines: ‘U.S. Troops killed in Israel,’ serving as a potential catalyst for dragging the U.S. into a regional conflict.
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no combat role thank god, but still this seems like a mistake
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Give people a weeks notice that you’re going to turn the whole of Israel, Gaza and everything else in this little religious hot hole into a glass bowl nuclear style. Repatriate the people all over the earth equally. They’ve fought over these silly little “holy” spots for too long. Its time to take their toys off them and make them sit in a corner.
