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>>1500131

Another possibility being considered, should President Trump authorize U.S. troops to seize the island, is an attack by about 2,500 troops from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is on its way to the region.
The airfield on Kharg Island was damaged by the recent U.S. bombing raids so former U.S. commanders said it was more likely to first bring in Marines, whose combat engineers could quickly repair airfields and other airport infrastructure. Once the airfield is repaired, the Air Force could start flowing matériel and supplies, as well as troops, if necessary, by C-130s.
In that scenario, it is possible that the troops from the 82nd Airborne would augment the Marines. The upside of going with paratroopers is they can arrive overnight. The downside is they do not bring any heavy equipment, such as heavily armored vehicles, that would offer protection if Iranian forces counterattacked, current and former officials said.
The Marines lack the sustainment and staying power of the forces from the 82nd Airborne, which could be used to relieve the Marine forces after the initial attack on the island, current and former officials said.
The headquarters element from the 82nd Airborne would be used as a subordinate headquarters for mission planning and coordination in what is becoming an increasingly complex battle space. In early March, the Army abruptly canceled the 300-member headquarters’s participation in an exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La.
Army officials said they made the decision to keep the division’s command element at Fort Bragg, N.C., just in case the Pentagon ordered the ready brigade to the Middle East. The command did not want to have its headquarters caught out of place if the balloon went up for them. The cancellation was reported earlier by The Washington Post.
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>>1500132

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The 82nd Airborne Division’s Immediate Response Force, or ready brigade, has deployed on short notice several times in recent years, including to the Middle East in January 2020 after the Baghdad Embassy was attacked, to Afghanistan in August 2021 for evacuations and to Eastern Europe in 2022 to support operations in Ukraine.

But Trumpo said the war is over, i don't undertand

>>1500134
In the same conversation he said this, he declared it over 4 times, said we were on the verge of winning 5 times, asked for help twice, denied we need help thrice, then threw in a few denials we were even at war or that the strait is even closed for good measure.

Genuinely the only explanation for Republicans not impeaching him over this retardation is they're in a cult.

Is this just more flooding the zone shit to manipulate markets, fatigue citizens, and (failing to) keep the Iranians guessing? It's all just more will he, won't he antics from Trump. You can tell from the glib tone he takes whenever he's asked questions about the Iran situation.

>>1500136
>Friday’s press gaggle. Barely exaggerated:

>>At 12:03 PM, President Trump told reporters he wanted a ceasefire with Iran.
>>At 12:05 he declared victory.
>>At 12:07 he announced he was sending Marines.
>>At 12:08 he said no boots on the ground.
>>At 12:11 he said he did not want a ceasefire. At 12:16 he declared victory again.
>>At 12:17 he asked for a ceasefire.
>>At 12:23 he told NATO they were cowards.
>>At 12:29 he said Iran was begging for a ceasefire.
>>At 12:31 he said everything was perfect.
>>At 12:36 he said $500 oil was a good thing.
>>At 12:37 he demanded Iran open Hormuz.
>>At 12:39 he said Hormuz was never closed.
>>At 12:41 he said the US was not at war with Iran.
>>At 12:42 he declared victory in Iran.

>>1500139
I wonder if /pol/'s other favorite ruler also had this sort of freakout when he realized he'd bitten off more than he could chew.

>>1500140
If you mean Dubya, he knew Iraq would be a shitshow, that's why he rallied to have a coalition go in, instead of going all on his lonesome. Because while he can fly to an aircraft carrier and declare "MISSION ACCOMPLISH" on a big stupid looking banner, that doesn't change the reality that his allies were in just as much if not more trouble than he was in, and he could use the "Support our allies" excuse forever.

If you mean Hitler, he always knew. He was hoping the western front would fall fast enough to make the eastern front trivial.

>>1500140
Normally they can at least keep a straight story for a single interview. Trump's mind is turning to mush before our eyes.

>>1500137
>manipulate markets
relevant
>>>/biz/62025024

>>1500141
To be fair to Dubya, Iraq does not now possess WMDs and he did succeed in regime change by getting rid of the entire Baath party. The mistake was staying there after doing that.
In Afghanistan it turns out the Taliban weren’t lying when they said they didn’t have Bin Laden, he was in Pakistan the whole time probably, and again the US should’ve just pulled out once they had Osama killed

>>1500136
>>1500139
>>1500137
This is straight out of the Russian playbook. Muddle the informational environment with so much contradictory bullshit, that anyone listening just gets the sense that it's impossible to know or understand what the truth even is and grows apathetic.
I wonder how much of this is a deliberate tactic and how much it is just Trump being an impulsive narcissist and this being second nature to him. If I had to guess I'd say it's the latter, because if it's all part of a big plan, then I would assume the other parts of the plan were less shit.

>>1500155
The mistake was pulling out on a timetable trump negotiated with the taliban, not the afghan government. I know it was a deeply unpopular war, but we shouldn't have left, it destabilized the region and got tons of sympathetic allies killed, it essentially undid all the work we did over there and made all of the lives lost meaningless.

>>1500170
sunk cost fallacy

>>1500169
>He says, while cheering for Iran, a Russian ally

>>1500175
you're not very good at your job

>>1500175
>cheering for Iran
huh?

>>1500169
Also remember trump and Project 2025 are going full fascist with their crackdown on the few parts of the media reporting the truth and not just putting out his propaganda as well.

Trump is the worst creature Satan ever created.

>>1500181
It’s easy enough to find independent media outlets that do their jobs properly with respect to journalistic integrity and the fourth estate. Even American ones
https://www.dropsitenews.com/
https://youtube.com/@breakingpoints

>>1500184
Dude, you're gonna love the 2030s, because we're on track to get more Trump-like leaders all over the world in the near future. (Though I assume they might be less impulsive and a bit more competent in their strive for authoritarian power)
In that sense I'm really upset at how naïve people are who say shit like "h just X more years of his term and this shitshow is over" or "He's showing XYZ symptoms, I hope he dies soon". As if the world will just magically go back to whatever version of normal people wish for.

>>1500194
Trump first got power a decade ago and I’ve yet to see anyone else take power in any other western country even remotely like his politics. In fact, those kinds have been losing elections all over the place

>>1500131
Pentagon officials weigh slaughter of Airborne Troops !!!

>>1500193
you're retarded
>Overall, we rate Drop Site News as Left Biased for its consistent opposition to U.S. interventionist policies and editorial perspectives that align with the progressive left. Its reporting is rated Mostly Factual due to one-sided narratives shaped by its strong anti-war stance.

>>1500194
>Dude, you're gonna love the 2030s, because we're on track to get more Trump-like leaders all over the world in the near future. (
Literally every other nation that elected a "Trump-like leader" regretted it immensely. Even the ones still in power like in Argentina still have massive oppositions against them and none of them were particularly effective. And then there's ones like the UK where they shitheads into power and they then singlehandedly did damage they'll be feeling for generations (brexit). It's a fucking miracle for Trump he got in again and he shat the bed so bad he sabotaged similar candidates in other countries because everyone saw what was happening to the US and went "Holy shit we cannot put anyone who supports this guy on the international stage into power".

>>1500261
are you mad that it's factual?

>>1500267
No I'm mad that they let 80IQ morons on this board who read slanted news sources and think they're independent minded. You're literally no better than the chuds who post NYpost tranny stories.

>>1500261
>Drop Site News as Left Biased for its consistent opposition to U.S. interventionist policies
as opposed to inconsistent opposition to interventionist policies being a Republicunt trait?

>>1500263
The alternative is rampant migration, antinatalist propaganda and policies, and basically a soulless depressing country with no morals.
The problem is republicans never actually reverse said things, they just slow it down or put in on pause. Meanwhile they do Israel’s bidding and take away regulations that helped the working class (then the democrats ADD shitry rentseeking regulations while telling you “see republicans removed regulations and that’s bad, we are adding regulations!)

Ready to die for israel?

>>1500261
Typical rightoid ad hominem.

>>1500286
All those problems would be fixed by returning to feudalism.

>migration
People aren't going to want to migrate to be a peasant.

>birthrates
They're low because people have too much to risk by having kids, and the downfall of hookup culture due to the destruction of third places and the existence of internet. Peasants only gain by having children, and don't have internet to distract them.

>soulless depressing country with no morals
Peasants work the fields. They don't have the time, energy, and intelligence for depression. As for morals, all peasants attend church. Not going to church is not just blasphemous, it's going against the crown and its divine mandate.

>>1500289
Hey so how and why did feudalism cease to be an actively used system of government btw?

>>1500292
used to be a fella got their ass kicked for saying retarded shit like 'lets return to feudalism'

>>1500261
non-interventionism isn’t exclusively a left wing position. Do you need them to publish some opinion pieces in favor of neoimperialism, trickle down economics, Zionism, for balance? So you can count the articles and make sure there’s an even quota of propaganda from both sides and call it a centrist outlet just so your friend-foe dichotomy spidey senses don’t get set off, and you think you can call other people retarded.

>>1500288
mediabiasfactcheck are not right wing in the slightest
>>1500296
When a news site starts bending facts to fit an agenda or a preconceived talking point then you can't call it independent or neutral. Simple as. The saddest part is the poster who mentioned dropsitenews in the first place seems to honestly believe it's neutral.

>>1500297
Factuality and editorial neutrality aren’t the same thing you slippery bastard

>>1500289
>Peasants only gain by having children, and don't have internet to distract them.
It's not the Internet. Well, it likely doesn't help, but there's more factors.

>>1500294
We need to apply this standard to communists again.

>>1500309
>We
Who?

>>1500306
Knowingly promoting errors of omission are worse than failed fact checks.

>>1500311
I’m not going to take your word on it

>>1500311
So, is NY Times still a credible source?
They're biased and lie by omission all the time.

>>1500316
nta but I have yet to see examples of dropsite lying by omission or “promoting errors of omission”. I don’t care how their editorial leans, almost every editorial will have some bias and it should not affect their reporting on and presentation of the facts. I’m sick and tired of these retards deciding they can ignore truth and facts and ideas based on the perceived political views of the persons from which these things emanate

>>1500261
I love this idea that a news site is biased because it doesn't pretend every opposing view on a topic is just as valid.

>>1500316
>NY times goes right wing
>Suddenly they start lying
Really makes you think.

>>1500316
Not nearly as trustworthy as NYP, Daily Mail or RT which are the only reliable news outlets left.

>>1500555
The NYPost was literally started by one of the founding fathers. Watch Hamilton if you don't believe me