Standing with allies: US sending thousands of more troops to mideast, total to reach 14,000

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Keeper of promises to global allies, GOPA leadership is not abandoning our closest allies in mideast despite fakenews claims by some media.
A big MAAGA (Making American Allies Great Again) move by MAGA:


Pentagon sends new wave of troops to Saudi Arabia even as Trump calls for ending wars

The deployment is meant to “assure and enhance the defense of Saudi Arabia,” a spokesman said, following attacks on the kingdom’s oil infrastructure last month.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo
By WESLEY MORGAN
10/11/2019 12:15 PM EDT


The Pentagon is sending a fresh wave of troops to Saudi Arabia to help defend the kingdom against Iran, despite President Donald Trump’s repeated pledges to end the U.S. military's commitments in the Middle East.
“I have ordered the deployment to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of two additional fighter squadrons and supporting personnel,” including two batteries of soldiers manning Patriot air-defense missiles and another Army unit manning a larger air-defense missile system, Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters at the Pentagon today.
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The latest deployment, which includes two squadrons of fighter jets and three air-defense units, will bring to 3,000 the number of troops the U.S. has sent to Saudi Arabia since Iran attacked the kingdom’s oil infrastructure last month. “The evidence recovered so far proves that Iran is responsible for these attacks,” Esper said, noting that Germany, France and the United Kingdom have reached the same conclusion.

Trump has repeatedly pledged to pull U.S. forces back from overseas entanglements. “We want to bring our soldiers back home. These are endless wars,” he said Monday, in an apparent reference to the continuing U.S. troop commitments in the Middle East, Afghanistan and elsewhere. And yesterday, Trump falsely claimed that U.S. forces have been fully removed from Syria. Roughly 1,000 troops are deployed there.
Along with other deployments over the spring and summer “in response to Iranian provocations,” the new wave of units will push the total number of U.S. troops the Pentagon has added to the Middle East since May to 14,000, Esper noted.

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/11/pentagon-troops-saudi-arabia-044502

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Old News.

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Old News.

You raise a strong point, 5 days is eternity when dealing with politician speak.


Quote:
10/11/2019 12:15 PM EDT
The Pentagon is sending a fresh wave of troops to Saudi Arabia to help defend the kingdom against Iran
Along with other deployments over the spring and summer “in response to Iranian provocations,” the new wave of units will push the total number of U.S. troops the Pentagon has added to the Middle East since May to 14,000, Esper noted.

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You raise a strong point, 5 days is eternity when dealing with politician speak.


Quote:
10/11/2019 12:15 PM EDT
The Pentagon is sending a fresh wave of troops to Saudi Arabia to help defend the kingdom against Iran
Along with other deployments over the spring and summer “in response to Iranian provocations,” the new wave of units will push the total number of U.S. troops the Pentagon has added to the Middle East since May to 14,000, Esper noted.
This happened and everybody already knows about it, you are just trying to distract from today's news.

It's too old to be news (everybody already knows) and too new to be something anyone forgot.

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This happened and everybody already knows about it, you are just trying to distract from today's news.

It's too old to be news (everybody already knows) and too new to be something anyone forgot.

So you're claiming everyone know knew about this?

"Along with other deployments over the spring and summer “in response to Iranian provocations,” the new wave of units will push the total number of U.S. troops the Pentagon has added to the Middle East since May to 14,000, Esper noted."



I did not.

And isn't today's "news" aka statement repeat of 2018 and 2019 statements?

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More good news on the global interventions front.

The total number of U.S. troops the Pentagon has added to the Middle East since May 2019 = 14,000

And subtract 50 troops from Syria-Turkey border region and add 50 troops to another part of Syria.


Net Result = We're getting out of mideast!

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Why this may be the wrong time to abandon are closest allies and top priority of GOPA top donor:

From Iraq to the Red Sea, Iran-Israel Battleground Now Spans Entire Mideast

Amos Harel
Oct 18, 2019 6:09 AM

As the eyes of many in the Middle East are focused on northern Syria, a special note should be given to what was said in Tehran. After a mysterious incident off the coast of Saudi Arabia, it took the Iranians time to reach a conclusion as to what happened there. But on Wednesday, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission in Tehran said that Israel and Saudi Arabia were involved in the attack on the Iranian oil tanker that came after a series of similar attacks by Iran on tankers making their way to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. In other words, the Iranian account with Israel is still open – and sooner or later an attempt might be made to close it.

Ten years ago there were numerous reports about Israeli actions in the Red Sea, primarily directed against Iranian arms smuggling to the region and against weapons manufacturing sites in Sudan. The international media attributed various operations to the IDF, including aerial bombardments and commando raids on the Sudanese coast. Back in 2002, in the Red Sea south of Sharm al-Sheikh, Israeli naval commandos raided the Karine A, a ship loaded with weapons that the Iranians were attempting to smuggle to the Palestinians. This successful IDF operation at the height of the second intifada also yielded an important diplomatic gain, as it helped Israel convince U.S. President George W. Bush of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat’s deep involvement in terrorism.

If the latest Iranian claims are accurate, it means the battleground between Israel and Iran, which stretches throughout the Middle East, has been expanded even further. In just the past two months, there have been reports about Israeli strikes in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. Prior to this, there were even accusations of secret Israeli involvement in the Saudis’ moves in Yemen’s civil war, where Riyadh supports the regime that is fighting the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-from-iraq-to-the-red-sea-iran-israel-battleground-now-spans-entire-mideast-1.8005543





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