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| White House says there will be a 'small US military component' protecting the new $320 million pier... |
| 2024-05-18 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A 'small' contingent of U.S. military personnel will provide security for a new $320 million floating pier bringing food aid to hungry residents of Gaza amid Israel's war on Hamas, the White House said. White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters the U.S. military members would be there to provide security and assist in the complex orchestration of moving relief by sea and then distributing it to desperate residents by truck. He said there would be a 'small U.S. military component on the pier itself.' 'One is to provide a modicum of security for it. But also to assist with the logistics. You're going to have ships pulling up to this pier. Not the big cargo ships. They'll transport it to smaller ships off the coast of Gaza ... You're going to need some logistical support to get it from the ships onto the trucks,' he said. His comments to reporters come just two days after U.S. Central Command announced it had successfully anchored the pier to the beach in Gaza. It stressed that no U.S. troops entered Gaza proper. 'As part of this effort, no U.S. troops entered Gaza. Trucks carrying humanitarian assistance are expected to begin moving ashore in the coming days. The United Nations will receive the aid and coordinate its distribution into Gaza,' according to the statement. Kirby was emphatic that 'there are no U.S. servicemembers in Gaza.' President Biden, while providing billions in U.S. congressionally-appropriated military support to Gaza and using naval assets to protect navigation while helping foil attacks on Israel, has not involved U.S. forces in Israel's operation in Gaza. Kirby's comments about U.S. forces came as he said there was a 'robust security plan' for the effort, and that the administration was 'laser focused on ensuring the safety of everybody involved in this effort,' amid concerns it could be vulnerable to attack. Related: Floating pier 05/14/2024 Army Major at the Silver Bullet Resigns Over US Support for Israel Floating pier 05/13/2024 Israeli military says it opened a new aid crossing into Gaza Floating pier 05/10/2024 Israel expands military aggression in Rafah |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #11 It will, of course, be the IDF's fault if any tangos manage to attack the wharf. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-05-18 12:39 |
| #10 So as long as they are standing on the pier, even the last foot of it on the beach, we are pretending they haven't "entered" Gaza? This is third grade reasoning for the moronic, faithful demokrat base. Aside from stopping local thieves with small arms hijacking trucks, how exactly will they provide security for the 20 foot wide strip of pier against any kind of RPG, mortar, artillery or drone attack? Not sure they have plans for CIWS or a 5"/38 turret mount on the pier, so essentially they are pop-up targets for Hamas when not acting as stevedores and crossing guards? The infamous Army MOS 1369! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-05-18 12:26 |
| #9 I thought it was a $100 million dollar pier? It stressed that no U.S. troops entered Gaza proper. Fuck. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-05-18 11:52 |
| #8 This misministration has botched everything else, why wouldn't they botch an October Surprise? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-05-18 11:01 |
| #7 Even a Gulf Of Tonkin II could NOT save Biden's butt now. If anything, it would hasten his departure. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-05-18 10:40 |
| #6 Gulf of Tonkin II? Channel the Sea of Cortez into Death Valley. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-05-18 10:15 |
| #5 Hamas will wait until the dock is full of Americans to blow it up. |
| Posted by: Ebbuger Whuque4103 2024-05-18 10:05 |
| #4 Gulf of Tonkin II? |
| Posted by: EMS Artifact 2024-05-18 09:58 |
| #3 NN21, I am waiting for Turkish warships escorting Moslem Brotherhood 'blockade runners' ...and the pier getting blasted in the confusion. |
| Posted by: magpie 2024-05-18 09:40 |
| #2 Could we be looking at apossible US Floating Pier vs. a Hamas acquired Russian/China remote controlled torpedo-drone. Or may be even a Magura V5 clone situation in the coming weeks? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-05-18 07:42 |
| #1 Iraq II? |
| Posted by: Grom the reflective 2024-05-18 02:02 |