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2019-12-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
The United States is weighing sending up to 14,000 more troops to the Middle East
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Posted by Fred 2019-12-05 00:44|| || Front Page|| [2 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

#1 May have to do this. It would be Iran's fault.

I'm hoping we won't need to do this after all, use the boomers instead.
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-12-05 06:14||   2019-12-05 06:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Pentagon denies.
"To be clear, the reporting is wrong. The U.S. is not considering sending 14,000 additional troops to the Middle East," spokeswoman Alyssa Farah tweeted.

In October Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced that two fighter squadrons and additional missile defense batteries were being sent to Saudi Arabia, for a total of about 3,000 new troops.
Posted by Snusotle the Lesser4227 2019-12-05 06:46||   2019-12-05 06:46|| Front Page Top

#3 F with their minds. The more nervous the mullahs get, the better.
Posted by Lex 2019-12-05 09:20||   2019-12-05 09:20|| Front Page Top

#4 The air and naval assets we have there are already enough to take out Iran's SAM threat and air force. I could see several operator teams as well to fuck up the port facilities and head hunting, but little else is needed to defang the conventional threat that is Iran.

Non-conventional threat... different story. But embargoes are doing a number on their wallet and ability to pay for that threat.
Posted by DarthVader 2019-12-05 09:26||   2019-12-05 09:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh, God no. No more wars for oil. Not when we're now self-sufficient. The entire Middle East isn't worth a single American life. Let the camel-fuckers choke on their worthless dirty oil.
Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-12-05 15:25||   2019-12-05 15:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Another posting of someone else's memes, erb?
Posted by Skidmark 2019-12-05 18:59||   2019-12-05 18:59|| Front Page Top

#7 'Erb would be arguing non-response up until an Iranian nuke goes off, and a couple weeks after. Agitprop troll
Posted by Frank G 2019-12-05 19:32||   2019-12-05 19:32|| Front Page Top

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