Following reports of U.S. casualties and hostages taken in Israel, the U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), as well as the other Ships in Carrier Strike Group 12 which includes Ticonderoga-Class Cruiser USS Normandy (CG-60), as well as Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyers USS Ramage (DDG-61), USS McFaul (DDG-74), and USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116), are reportedly heading towards the Eastern Mediterranean.
(Military) – […] Along with the Ford the U.S. is sending the cruiser USS Normandy, destroyers USS Thomas Hudner, USS Ramage, USS Carney, and USS Roosevelt and the U.S. is augmenting Air Force F-35, F-15, F-16, and A-10 fighter aircraft squadrons in the region.
“The U.S. maintains ready forces globally to further reinforce this deterrence posture if required,” Austin said in a statement.
In addition, the Biden administration “will be rapidly providing the Israel Defense Forces with additional equipment and resources, including munitions. The first security assistance will begin moving today and arriving in the coming days,” Austin said.
The Norfolk, Virginia-based carrier strike group was already in the Mediterranean. Last week it was conducting naval exercises with Italy in the Ionian Sea. The carrier is in its first full deployment. (read more)
The White House released this rather obtuse sounding statement about a call between Pudding Brain and Prime Minister Netanyahu.
WHITE HOUSE – President Biden spoke this morning with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel. The President again expressed deep sympathy for all those missing, wounded, and killed, and pledged his full support for the Government and people of Israel in the face of an unprecedented and appalling assault by Hamas terrorists. They discussed the taking of hostages by Hamas terrorists, including entire families, the elderly, and young children. The President emphasized that there is no justification whatsoever for terrorism, and all countries must stand united in the face of such brutal atrocities.
President Biden updated the Prime Minister on the intensive diplomatic engagement undertaken by the United States over the last 24 hours in support of Israel. The President also conveyed that additional assistance for the Israeli Defense Forces is now on its way to Israel with more to follow over the coming days. The leaders also discussed ongoing efforts to ensure that no enemies of Israel believe they can or should seek advantage from the current situation.
The two leaders committed to stay in regular contact over the coming days. (read more)
There’s “no justification for terrorism”, and they are going to keep in “regular contact.”
Wow, such strength! /sarc
We really need President Trump back in office. I mean, seriously. Can you imagine a terrorist organization or nation taking an American hostage while President Trump is in office? Not only would he unleash the hounds of hell upon them, but he’d also bankrupt any entity who even thought about coming to the defense of a terrorist.
We will be in full blown WWIII and thermonuclear hotspots all over the world due to the warmongers who stole America!
THE WARMONGERS WILL PAY FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE US CITIZEN
Posting a picture of a Discontinued Warthog airplane is symbolic of the USSA Military.
PS: WE Lose WW3 and the Fighting will also be domestically , CYA indeed!
Discontinued, but have you seen the bullets that come out of the discontinued, 7 barrel, 30 millimeter Gatling gun? They wouldn’t feel discontinued.
I thought I read the warthog was going to be around at least until 2030.
Because nobody can agree on something to take its place.
I do believe the file photo of that carrier is not of the Ford, nor the similar looking Nimitz class, that there is the Enterprise, CVN-65. I recognize my old ship…
The US will send munitions to Israel. Glad to hear that but will the zelensky scam give the munitions up?
…..but he’d also bankrupt any entity who even thought about coming to the defense of a terrorist.
That would be a heckuva start. Would be grand if hackers drained every dime from each and every entity under the “Muslim Brotherhood umbrella”.
How about sending them to the southern border.
Netanyahu must have to grind his teeth to talk to that lying idiot.
Of course the fleet was nearby. This was scheduled with US government involvement. We gave the signal!
Israeli intelligence “failure”? Apparently it was intentional.
On October 4th, 2018, an entity known by one letter, not X, said that a certain middle east country’s intelligence apparatus would stand down, in 5 years. Low and Behold, five years was the day of the American EBS test. I never put much stock in (not X). Maybe I should. I read that if the test could not be done on the 4th, perhaps because of severe weather (weather?), it would be done on the 11th. So was this a contingency plan? Was our EBS test a GO SIGNAL? (Everything is in place.)
This was 5 years ago. This was planned for 5 years, at least. It was planned for Israeli intelligence to “stand down”. The funds were freed up for Iran on September 11th. THAT was an expression of solidarity on the planned invasion, or an act of dhimmitude. The US government is clearly colluding with Iran and Hamas. More money for the arms industry, in which many Congressmen are invested, and from whom, all take brib, er, donations.
I suspect our government will kill a few thousand middle Easterns and that will set off the cells the great pretender allowed into our country.