More US Marines and warships are being deployed to the Middle East, two officials confirmed to CBS News, the BBC’s US partner.
The officials said the reinforcements were to come from an amphibious ready group and its Marine expeditionary unit, with one official adding that the group would be led by the Japan-based USS Tripoli, an amphibious assault ship.
The unit headed by the USS Tripoli typically consists of around 5,000 sailors and Marines distributed across several warships.
The development comes as Donald Trump said US forces had “totally obliterated” Iranian military infrastructure on Kharg Island in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for global oil shipping.
Where is Israel? Only Americans’ lives are at risk.
Looking forward to the draft, that should be fun.
People think all the protests in the 60s were about the War, but they were really about the draft. Once the draft ended, and only volunteers were going (always plenty of morons who want to experience the “glory” of war), the protests slowed a lot.
Call for a draft, and watch the fireworks.
This time, a draft won’t result in “protests”. If these people are to die anyway, they might as well die in their homeland than in a foreign sandbox.
That’s how I see it. A Draft is about the worst thing a nation can do to its citizens, especially during a war. It is the same as pointing a loaded weapon at someone. You are putting their life in mortal danger, and I have no problem with them using lethal force to defend themselves.
When the draft starts, the first thing that needs to happen is for every military induction center to be burned to the ground. And when they rebuild, burn it down again. Also any military recruitment shops. If they show up on college campuses, run them off, and force colleges to prohibit their presence on campus.
The Draft is as immoral as any government policy can be, must not be tolerated, and must be harshly resisted in every way possible.
That’s what you voted for guys!(The maga ones) Now wait for mid elections or something and go fight for your country.
The worst part is kids does and will die.
Don’t forget the idiot leftists who think both sides are the same so didn’t vote .
Harris got a >50% more votes in California than Trump, or over 3 million more.
If 3 million Californians who voted for Harris instead voted for 3rd party candidates, or stayed home, she still would have won California.
If 500 000 Texans who voted for Trump instead voted for Harris, she still would have lost Texas.
Over 4.8 million Texans voted for Harris, and she still lost that state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election#Results_by_state
The populate vote doesn’t technically matter; but it still matters. Moreover, spreading the crap that the parties are the same, stressing that the dem candidate was just as bad on some issue, that her laugh was annoying - all that matters.
I like that she does laugh.
Correct, Republican and Republican-lite aren’t the same, and if you’re in a purple state, you might have to hold your nose while you vote, but not all states are purple, and even then some would still rather vote for something that allies more with their principles.
Israel doesn’t have a useful idiot as leader.
trump is israels useful idiot.
Loosing terribly when not just bombing from a far.