I’m not going to narrate against this Pentagon announcement {HERE} today, I’m just going to share.
Something is happening that is beyond just Israel going into Gaza.
[Defense Dept] – Following detailed discussions with President Biden on recent escalations by Iran and its proxy forces across the Middle East Region, today I directed a series of additional steps to further strengthen the Department of Defense posture in the region. These steps will bolster regional deterrence efforts, increase force protection for U.S. forces in the region, and assist in the defense of Israel.
First, I redirected the movement of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group to the Central Command area of responsibility. This carrier strike group is in addition to the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, which is currently operating in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. It will further increase our force posture and strengthen our capabilities and ability to respond to a range of contingencies.
I have also activated the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery as well as additional Patriot battalions to locations throughout the region to increase force protection for U.S. forces.
Finally, I have placed an additional number of forces on prepare to deploy orders as part of prudent contingency planning, to increase their readiness and ability to quickly respond as required.
I will continue to assess our force posture requirements in the region and consider deploying additional capabilities as necessary. (link)
The USS Carney traveled through the Suez Canal Wednesday and immediately intercepted 4 cruise missiles and 11 drones from an unknown origin with an unknown destination. {Go Deep} The Chinese navy was/is conducting exercises with the Omani navy. “The Chinese warships left Muscat for an unspecified location on Saturday after participating in an exercise with the Omani navy” {LINK}
Nice to see the clowns running the liberal lunatic asylum for the Council On Foreign Relations
Girth Vader.
Frickin scary is what it is! He looks like a villain from a comic book of the 80’s
Whats scary is the lack of self awareness, that HE didn’t realise, nor did he have any aid that would realise (and tell him) what a rediculous ass he looked like, wearing that.
Not since decaucus did his snoopy riding a tank imitation, has anyone done something so lame, involving headgear.
😂😂
Yep, Battleship Austin.
lolololololololololol
It’s our brave Secretary of Defense – so petrified of last year’s fake Covid operation he must cover his entire face for protection. Yes, we need more brave and fearless men like this in control of our military and for our young boys to look up to. S/ How embarrassing.
Nice to see how the filth rises to the top under the Globalists. Makes me very confident that we are safe when the invaders are unleashed onto Heritage America.
What would General Patton do ??
Wipe out the Council On Foreign Relations
The Trilateral Commission, WHO, WEF, IMF and all other globalist totalitarian organizations hell bent on destroying the existence of the only true Constitutional Republic in history, established through great sacrifice and a bloody war and uniquely designed to protect the rights of each individual.
Maybe the good people of Switzerland are about to escort Herr Schwab to the Zurich Airport for one-way flight to Beijing.
Auf Viedersehen! Sehr gut!
Slap him and then kick him in the ass.
Kill every mf’er in sight and leave the bodies to rot.
and all the s hit he is wearing on his face leaks like a sieve and will never stop a virus…
He looks like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle . . . writ large!
XXXL
What an embarrassment
Dbl masked, seriously
l’idiot
Is that a meme or is that for real?
(remembering the old Memorex ads)
It’s real, he reviewed foreign troops in that get up.
I think Austin misspelled Xi: “Following detailed discussions with President Biden…”
This guy is a freak!
Are these carrier groups best positioned for WWIII?
It just seems like a lot of eggs in one basket to me. But what do I know?
They’re trying to save on jet fuel, because of global warming.
Good answer!
(Family Feud, top answer?)
They are going to leave the rest of our military assets in the Middle East. What we left in Afghanistan wasn’t enough. Obama is doing his best to transfer all U.S. money and military assets to the Muslim brotherhood. (yes that’s a /s).
Unfortunately it is not totally sarcasm. It is still something to seriously consider.
We’ve already had a no bullet invasion of enemies from our mexican border. Transfer of guns, ammo, and administrative power to FBI, CIA, State governors, neutralized local law enforcement in all major U.S. cities. Gas stations are in charge of foreigners and there are empty hotels owned by foreign nationals at every strategic U.S. highway intersection in the country.
Small rural farms are all shut down.
Hospitals and medical care can be shut down six ways to Sunday by disconnecting two factor authentication to any electronic medical record, electronic prescribing. Drugs are manufactured in China, medical supplies come from China. Hospitals and ERs are all staffed by contract physicians and nurse practitioners and travel nurses that don’t live in the same city as the hospitals.
Most good supply chains for retail supplies are owned by globalist companies. And the diesel for the trucks, remember, is controlled by truck stops owned by foreign nationals hostile to U.S.
Rebuilding of our military is all dependent on electronics that are supplied by China, steel that is in other counties.
Our satellites and ability to deliver assets in space is in control of Elon Musk, who turned off the loaned starlink communication systems of Ukraine when they started to go Rouge from the WEF script.
Access to our retirement, banking, and credit cards can be turned off with a switch.
Our location is immediately known by our cell phones and we can be listened to at any moment. And if we ditch our phones, our daily habits relationships and philosophy have been being recorded for years.
Thank goodness for the Hopey Changey policies of Obama that have given us so much hope and change
Following Afghanistan it is preparation for leaving there for Hamas when they leave. How much is an aircraft carrier. Tops the arms left in Afghanistan.
Exactly! Didn’t even have to bother our worthless Congress…Perfect.
Here in rural NE NC, Dominion just forced “smart” electric meters on my area. Feeling a bit nervous about it.
Poising for another Pearl Harbor attack from Iran. Have our people lined up to take incoming.
Sheer Madness!!!
Well, this is what aircraft carrier battle groups are supposed to be for—projecting power. Let’s just hope they don’t screw it up.
Maybe we can iran to deliver an aircraft carrier a new hypersonnic missile or two…- – -…
Are you saying you want a US ship to be hit with a hypersonic missile?
Im saying they’re putting a target on us.
The Ford class has serious problems since she first launched. Tried to fix something not broken.
Even with design and operational issues being known, NPN just sailed a long and built the Kennedy. Money,
Wouldn’t be a bit surprised if they are hoping she is sunk. Get a threefer out if it. Crises, unnecessary casualties, replacement.
Probably have Larty Silverstein hold the insurance.
When large explosions go off, everything nearby is turned into shrapnel. Rocks, brush, trees.
On a ship, the very walls and floors and ceilings and so forth, become weapons against you.
Everything I have read about it describes being on a ship taking damage as a hell.
Hey Garrison, Projecting power would be great if the Administration didn’t seem committed to “screwing” everything up.
Down below i posted someone that charted the Gerald Ford Task Force. It’s a compact area and the “safe” area with Chinese cruse missiles is nonexistent.
What is the Cloward-Pivan strategy equivalent on the military side? Drive 2 Aircraft carrier battle groups into harms way?
Remember the Tonkin Gulf Incident. . .
“hope they don’t screw it up”
Thats asking a lot from this administration.
You know the old saying;
A sex or check scandal in one hand, a carrier battle group in the other.
Or you use to be able to, before the Sundance kid road into to town.
I said at the beginning it was all about Iran.
The west is destroying BRICS. WW111
Start growing a garden, because food is about to become scarce, and rationed!
That is what I have been thinking for while and now I am hearing it repeated more often. Things usually do not end well for countries that try to ditch the dollar. Then figure in the some what newly discovered natural gas reserves Iran claims to have and you have the real reasons for WWIII . Too late to start a garden this year, maybe I will get lucky and be able to stock up while everyone else is fighting over toilet paper HAHA.
At least get some seeds!
I would put my $ on BRICS+, to destroy “the west” rather than the other way around,…if I were a gambler which I am not.
As a small time investor it is more than a little frustrating to watch our “ leaders😏” mess with our finances.
Our stock portfolio is a small % of our assets, and we plan never buy another stock or ETF even though yields are attractive.
Nor add to the few properties we own, and against conventional wisdom pay off the small mortgage we hold on the last leveraged property, as this is getting silly.
I have a very close relative in U.K. that has been investing in the M/E for many years.
The individual and the family vacation there regularly. Many here in North America have little comprehension of the vitality and wealth in a number of middle eastern sovereign nations.
A neighbour here in southern British Columbia just returned from visiting her son that works in Dubai.
She was in awe of the place.
It sure appears that the collective influence of the west is diminishing rapidly.
Getting right with the God of my understanding has been a true blessing.
Cheers to all, and God bless your President Donald J Trump.
Yes, and life saving meds too.
Good luck growing a garden with daily chemtrails
Matt 24: 6-8
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
TCTH has improved my understanding of so very much.
I knew little of the Bible, and have only been inside a church a handful of times ( other than for work)
Yet earlier this evening, I dropped in a fellow of my age ( mid sixties) whose two sons are a mess.
One in Gaol, the other a street junkie.( their mother was a trafficker and gang connected)
The fellow is a good man, and in his words “a believer” I had no idea what that really meant.
Well he went on to explain Rapture.
If one is open minded one continues to learn.
Cheers to all!
Originally posted in 8.23, updated to read;
Brazil, Russia, India, China, S Africa, S Arabia, Argentina [BRICS]. Three more coming. Who will it be?
Brazil, Russia, India, China, S Africa [BRICS]. Five more coming. Who will it be?
Preparing his One World Government [The Beast].
Isa. 24:21 “...the LORD shall punish…the kings of the earth.”
Rev. 16:12 “...the sixth angel poured…his vial upon the great river Euphrates...” Not yet.
16:12 cont. “...that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.” Not us in the ‘West’.
But BRICS has been around for 15+ years. So?
2 Pet. 3:9 “The Lord is not slack…as some men count slackness…but is longsuffering..
Rev. 12:3 “...ten horns, and seven crowns...”1st Age; 10 angels in power, & 7 who followed Satan.
13:1 “...a beast…ten horns, and ten crowns...” 2nd Age; 10 angels, & 10 kings who follow Satan again.
13:2 “...the beast…and the dragon gave…authority.” One World Government with Satan at the helm.
13:3 “...wounded to death…wound was healed...” Beast takes a huge hit, Satan to the rescue.
13:4 “...they worshipped the dragon...” Ignorant will believe he is Jesus. ProTip: He’s not.
13:6 “...blasphemy against God...” Claiming he is Jesus [GOD] is blasphemy.
13:8 “...all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him...” Even ignorant Christians.
13:11 “...another beast…like a lamb…spake as a dragon.” Looks like Jesus but the dragon is Satan.
13:12 “...exerciseth…power…causeth the earth…to worship...” Supernatural powers makes many believers.
13:13 “...maketh fire come…from heaven...” Calling lightning from the sky will convince most anyone.
13:14 “...deceiveth…that dwell on…earth by…miracles...” Pretty convincing for the Biblically ignorant.
13:15 “...many…would not worship…should be killed.” Delivered up to ‘death’ [1 of Satan’s names].
13:16 “...all…receive a mark...” Believe his lies? Mark in the forehead. Aid deception? Mark in the hand.
14:1 “...a Lamb stood…and…[144,000], having His Father’s name…in their foreheads.” Not tattoos.
14:4 “…they which follow the Lamb…firstfruits...” Didn’t follow Satan in 1st Age, won’t follow him now.
14:5 “...in their mouth was…no guile...” They don’t lie about the antichrist’s ‘so called‘ rapture.
14:14 “...the Son of Man...” Jesus returns after this deception has unfolded.
Jer. 15:11 “...it shall be well with thy remnant…in the time of evil.” Study, understand, then watch.
Eze. 13:20 “…I am against…ye hunt…souls to make them fly...” Liars teach; “You’re gonna’ rapture.”
13:23 “...I will deliver My People out of your hand…ye shall know that I am the LORD.” He wins.
Isa. 40:5 “...all flesh shall see it together…the LORD hath spoken it.”
Wow! Thank you!
A believer is someone who believes Jesus was the Son of God and was sent by God to redeem man and pay the penalty for our sin.
John 1:12-13 NIV
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
John 3:15-18
15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”[a]
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die
👍
may God’s face shine upon you always, dear friend.
Thank you!
The military industrial complex is having a hey day and a lot of $$$$ is already changing hands.
This is sick stuff and even more sick people directing it.
Absolutely!
The war pigs are making up for the Trump years.
But is the MIC actually capable of delivering needed war equipment and supplies in a timely manner?
My impression has been that for all the tax payer money spent, we really don’t have much to show for it and seems to take an extraordinary long time to produce much of anything.
Then there’s the conundrum that our military relies on so many foreign parts to build what they eventually get around to building, that if an actual war breaks out our supply and capability to manufacture and build weapons, jets, ships, and basic supplies will be severely affected or curtailed.
And unlike in past times of major upheaval or war, we can not rely on our mighty civilian manufacturing base to join in the ‘war effort’ as it has been gutted in the past 40-50 years.
And of course we all saw and felt how easy our US ‘supply line’ and ‘energy distribution’ infrastructure can be disrupted during the past 3-4 years.
So yup, “This is sick stuff and even more sick people directing it.”
We’ve certainly got our work cut out for us, the American People, to right this battered and bruised ship of state.
“…the battle is not yours but God’s.”
Did anyone else here listen to Dan Bongino on Oct 19, where he had a “translator” describe what Brandon said in his last speech? It was a good listen re Ukraine. It will take me some time to get up to speed on why he supports another war in the Middle East.
More bribes yet to be uncovered? I will not be shocked.
I heard it and it was perfect.
Covid-19 was created in Wuhan, but where was the bioweapon…uhh… “vaccine”created? It’s not just the bribes that are being hidden. What are the bribes hiding?
Covid-19 was not created in Wuhan. It was created in America and gifted to the Wuhan lab because the CIA wanted to run an intel operation in that lab to see what kind of bio weapons tech China had. That is why we had a vaccine so fast, we had the vaccine before we gave it to China.
That would explain Fauci’s meetings with the CIA, looks like Fauci was merely a bag man / fall guy. Now we know why all the info about Fauci helping fund the “gain of function research” surfaced so quickly. ” there will be a surprise outbreak ” …….. Anthony Fauci in 2017. ………………………………… thanks Marcus Brown that piece of the puzzle fits really well.
More than a”bag man”, he funnelled $ ostensibly authorised by CONgress, to “fund” medical research, ostensibly to benefit everyone, into biological weopons research that was prohibited by U.S. and International law.
This vid gives the true rundown on covid. This link was posted here at CTH in 2020. The man doing the talking proves with U.S. Patent office documentation that Fauci & Co have been working on the pandemic\vaccine scam for many years. https://www.bitchute.com/video/LiSf1T8e0eLJ/
Most Excellent, maxx!!
Do we have a “vaccine”?
The vaccine that does not prevent someone from getting or spreading, and causes clots and turbo cancers. Uh-huh. The vaccine is the weapon. The spread of the virus began in China, with US funding and coordination with Klaus in Geneva, to derail the 2020 selection. What does Putin know about the Ukraine labs? What did the CIA tell you? Did you hear the FDA has pulled Sudafed and DayQuil because after all these years, well, they don’t work now?Hmm. Suspicious cat what say you?
After years of hearing you can’t treat the cold virus, but you can treat the symptoms..
Labs (47?) in Ukraine.
One is located in Chyna, Ukraine.
Trump never called COVID the Wuhan flu. He called it the Chiiiina flu. Think about that.
Yes, I heard it – right on what he meant with those jumbled words. God save the Queen!
The carrier battle groups are pretty commonplace but the THAAD system says something bigger is very possible.
They are going after Iran.
I’ll concur with that, but not until provoked…..they are going to draw a line in the sand on this one, and stick to it. Not sure where it goes from here….time to prep, stay on the positive.
We definitely have the option of going after Iran, and its nuclear sites, given recent U.S. force deployments to the region.
Of course, the Biden Administration says our rapid deployment of considerable military power is to deter Iran and Hezbollah, which cannot compete with the full force of U.S. naval and aerospace power.
All it would take at this point to set things off between the United States and Iran is (1) major Hezbollah action against Israel, including a sustained ground attack across Israel’s northern border, or (2) an Iranian proxy attack against U.S. bases in Iraq or Syria that kills U.S. personnel.
There is a related risk that Israel might become overly aggressive with Hezbollah, seeking to preempt Hezbollah from conducting the kind of overwhelming surprise attack that Hamas did on October 7. Having been stung hard once, Israeli leaders are inclined to get with Hezbollah.
I’ve already seen one Israeli-based report that the Biden Administration is aware of this prospect and is urging Israel not to overreact to provocations along its northern border.
The U.S. red line for retaliation against Iranian rocket and drone attacks is the death of U.S. personnel. The usual retaliatory response has been air strikes against Iranian militia positions in eastern Syria, well away from the Russian zone.
With the dispatch of additional F-15s and A-10s to Jordan, the administration is primed to do serious damage against the entirety of Iran’s military infrastructure in eastern Syria.
Other risks of unwanted conflict are connected to Russia and China, with the risk of conflict with Russia being greater due to U.S. support for Ukraine and the presence of Russian forces in Syria.
Putin recently announced that the Russian air force will deploy Su-31 combat aircraft armed with the Kinzhal hypersonic missile full time over the Black Sea. The Kinzhal can reach the eastern Mediterranean and then some. I do not see any clear moves by Russia at this time to guarantee Iran’s security against the threat of U.S. attack, so this move is likely designed to deter the U.S. from attacking or otherwise interfering with Russian forces in Syria.
The Russians, however, routinely conduct combat air patrols near and sometimes over U.S. bases in eastern Syria, provocations that started after the commencement of Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine.
Russian aircraft have also interfered with U.S. drones conducting reconnaissance and occasional strike missions against Islamic militant positions in northwestern Syria. Here the risk of unwanted aerial combat with Russian warplanes is obvious but can be mitigated in theory through military-to-military channels.
Will China openly try to deter the United States from hitting Iran with its Navy?, which is not yet capable of concentrating nearly as much firepower in Middle Eastern waters as we are. Will Iran ask China to establish a token “tripwire” military presence in Iran? I don’t think so, but I can’t completely rule out either possibility.
Overall, the situation in in the Middle East is escalating into uncharted territory, where all main players in this geostrategic drama, except Hamas, have made moves to improve their security, but these moves have only increased the insecurity of other players.
I’d be surprised. Don’t think obama would allow it. Probably do a whoopsie into Israel. I put nothing past our degenerate regime, their Soros-based money, and their WEF affiliation.
https://www.army-technology.com/projects/thaad/
“The THAAD terminal (formerly theatre) high-altitude area defence missile system is an easily transportable defensive weapon system to protect against hostile incoming threats, such as tactical and theatre ballistic missiles, at ranges of 200km and altitudes of up to 150km.
THAAD system provides the upper tier of a ‘layered defensive shield’ to protect high-value strategic or tactical sites such as airfields or populations centres. The THAAD missile intercepts exo-atmospheric and endo-atmospheric threats.”
So we get all the world powers assembled to see another demonstration of asserted US military superiority fail spectacularly.
Not that they won’t be monitoring every thing in order to collect intel to build the better bits we have.
When and where it fails spectacularly will be the tell.
Eventually, someone is going to find themselves without a chair at the table. It may very well end up being US.
is it possible that this country might say one day
“hey, lets sit one out”
Ah, you’re funny…
No.
I agree. Not our circus, not our monkeys.
Nope not ever, Not with $Trillions at stake.
The decision has been made to start WW3 without anybody actually giving them permission to do so.
Smells more like a set up for WW3.
In chess, this would be the opening moves, where each player begins positioning their pieces.
“Pawns are the soul of chess!”
– Francois-Andre Philidor
WWW3 has already started SM.
The United States proposed late on Saturday a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that says Israel has a right to defend itself.
The resolution also demands Iran stop exporting arms to “militias and terrorist groups threatening peace and security across the region.”
https://www.mvariety.com/news/national/israel-to-intensify-gaza-strikes-u-s-pushes-for-more-aid/article_69cee47a-708a-11ee-aea0-bfd4f4ed2763.html
But they want to box in Israel and let those trucks go into Gaza?
Mixed messages!
Of coarse. This admin sends nothing but mixed messages, they did the same thing in the run up to the Ukraine misadventure, remember.
No congressional briefing?????
Nope. Too busy playing whack-a-nominee.
Donald J. Trump is getting closer and closer to Speaker of the House!
c’mon man, that’s hard, stressful work — and much more important that coming together as a nation and thinkig things through while we’re on the brink of WWIII /s
Perfect…
“Jim, you’re gonna have to get in that helicopter with the dart gun, that animal Hunter’s out of control with the crack pipe up there again!” – Marlin from Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom
Why? Pretty much worthless body at this particular time wouldn’t you agree? Not trying to be a pain in arse, they have no speaker. Convenient timing wouldn’t you say? Again, just dialogue…. 🙂
They need to do a lot of pretending for another quick $100+ billion.
F-king WW3
Part of the save FJB committee’s tactics , start a war, save joe………don’t put it past them.
In the past week or so, a treeper posted a list of legislators who recently invested in defense contracts. Sure wish I had kept that list.
the US does not have enough gas in the tank for 2 wars
the National debt is almost 10 times what it was in 2003
and is now growing like an Alien inside of our economy
General Kurilla now has two U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups under his command in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (6th Fleet AO). The USS Carl Vinson set sail into the western Pacific (3rd Fleet AO) several days ago, ultimate destination publicly unknown. My guess is that it’s steaming for the Arabian Sea, also in the CENTCOM/5th Fleet AO. And its arrival will be announced at the appropriate time. Three carriers is alot of firepower and brings back memories of the 1991 and 2003 beat downs on Iraq.
Your move Beijing.
Don’t think Arabian Sea, I’d guess South China Sea…..for the Vinson.
Definitely possible.
Will need to get resupply munitions into several theatres. There were three Carrier Groups in the Gulf during Desert Storm.
My thought since the late 1990’s is that the PRC wanted access through Pakistan to use it as a corridor for the PLA to the Persian Gulf –
then also the PRC was building a presence in Africa, providing “security” for El Bashir and the oil fields in Sudan – building up eventually all along the Red Sea and then to put the Arabian Peninsula into a good old-fashioned pincer move, now it would be in the grip of the PLA.
China wants the African continent and control of oil in the Gulf – long-term planning for them.
But everyone is looking at Iran. Plus the US is giving mixed messages about Israel – wouldn’t want Israel to catch on to the plan and stop it?
Just my opinion, of course!
Especially augmented long ago when reading about a case of hemorraghic fever in the PRC.
China is playing a patient, long-term game, but the Middle East has a way of blowing up patient, long-term game plans. Events beyond China’s control are compelling Beijing to push for a rapid end to the Gaza war, a policy that should, in theory, command the support of just about every Arab country, oil producer and non-oil producer alike.
China’s motivations run the gamut from building up the ability to protect its considerable regional interests to preventing the crisis from pushing oil prices much higher. China is, after all, the world’s largest oil importer, and the last thing its post-Covid economy needs is an oil price shock (not that we do either, but traditional U.S. concerns about oil prices have yet to enter the picture).
All that said, it’s anyone’s guess what China intends to do militarily at this time. Despite its ancient history and impressive strategic culture, China is relatively new at the Middle East power game. Beijing is entering uncharted territory, and by extension, so is Washington.
China wants to control Middle East oil. That’s my 2 cents.
Agreed.
And natural gas fields in Iran & Qatar.
👍👍
‘Defense Secretary Austin’
Must we pretend?
Guess who attacked the USS Liberty in 1967
“The USS Liberty was an auxiliary technical research ship (AGTR), a cover name for National Security Agency (NSA) “spy ships” carrying out signals intelligence missions.
According to the Naval Court of Inquiry and the National Security Agency official history, the order to withdraw was not sent on the radio frequency that Liberty monitored for her orders until 15:25 Zulu, several hours after the attack, due to a long series of administrative and message routing problems.
The Navy said a large volume of unrelated high-precedence traffic, including intelligence intercepts related to the conflict, were being handled at the time; and that this combined with a shortage of qualified radiomen contributed to the delayed transmission of the withdrawal message.”
Don’t have to goggle it, my brother was stationed on the USS Midway, in the tonkin gulf, as a ‘gas jockey’ fueling up jets.
Lets just say he was never in any danger.
Wow, so I have been admiring your posts for many years now.
And my father was wingman flying with Admiral James Stockdale
that day. Two of the four jets that were supposed to fly were grounded.
They were doing a reconnaissance mission and heard the “attack” on their
radio. Yes, he put most of it together sometime ago, but has rarely ever discussed the events with anyone.
I would disagree with you to a point, flight deck ops gets people killed every year….not counting the poor souls that get blown overboard occassionally….it is considered hazardous duty.
Weapons of mass destruction in Iraq…….. google it I will wait as well.
Israel is about to launch some massive ugly in Gaza, and we are signaling to Iran and everyone else to keep out of it or we will mess you up. Listen, don’t listen, all the same to us.
And Chinas assets, are signalling WHAT, exactly?
“See you, and raise, now call.” ?
China has significant interests in Africa where there is also plenty of turmoil. China is signaling don’t get greedy and go adventuring in Africa. Keep this conflict confined to the Middle East.
Middle East too.
Jointly own Red Sea facility in Jeddah with Saudi Arabia and have the operating rights to the Israeli port of Haifa.
Austin is the dumbest and most incompetent secretary of defense in history. And for this idiot to be leading the current military into a conflict, when it has been trained to believe climate change is the biggest threat, can turn into a dangerous situation.
I dont know who told him he could just “go into combat” — that is not how it works!!!!
The Biden administration is scheming in some way to go into Iran, Syria, or Lebanon, but my guess would be Syria would be the least prepared to fight back. Obama and Hillary didn’t get to assassinate Assad as they planned and this gives the blind narcissist globalists in the Biden administration a crisis they can use to beat on somebody to make up for their loss in Ukraine and to make Biden look like a strong military leader……the 2024 election looms.
Lunatics!!!!!
Syria? With Russia backing them? Doesn’t sound likely.
The Russian contingent there is small and not well armed. It would be a way to get Russia out of the middle east.
Ok, I’ll take your word for it since i’m not current on the size or makeup of the Russian military presence in Syria.
Does anyone recall the video of a general being interviewed on-stage, relaying his discussions with DoD staff post-9/11.
Explaining they planned to invade 5 countries, including Iraq, Afghanastan, Syria, Iran & ?
I’m trying to find that video, but coming up empty.
Found it – 7 countries
Pentagon Developed Contingency Plan for War With Iran https://theintercept.com/2023/03/01/us-israel-iran-war-plan/
Leaked Pentagon Document Shows How Ukraine War Is Bleeding Into Middle East https://theintercept.com/2023/04/13/leaked-pentagon-document-ukraine-iran-war/
General Clark
For a long time foreign policy in the USA has been downstream from politics. Wag the Dog. Who or what will benefit from this situation is one question that needs to be asked. What measures will be taken domestically in response to this crisis to further cement the grip of TPTB. Since half the country has been labeled as potential if not actual traitors, I see it as further justification for the instituting of the Panopticon of Total Surveillance that Homeland and the Military has been developing.
23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Amen
A regional war looks likely. The United States is in a terrible position. Our military personnel are woke and morale is low, our war stocks have been depleted to Ukraine, our ability to manufacture is low, we have depleted our oil reserve and ability to pump and refine oil, we have to borrow money to maintain our standard of living, the country we borrow from may be at war with us, we have a complete idiot as Commander in Chief, the populace is drugged out of their minds and can’t or won’t work, we have anti-American radicals running our government, we have alienated most of the world against us and united the Muslims in the Middle East and we have allowed armies of potential enemies into our country unvetted.
Things are going to get real bad real fast my friends. I sure hope I’m wrong.
People come together pretty fast in an emergency. Some of your concerns will be quickly corrected. However, not all.
The leadership and supply issues aren’t going to be ‘quickly’ corrected and those are the 2 most important factors for the success and morale of the troops.
Don’t sugar coat it, tell us how you really feel.
How much worse does it need to get, before our Nation turns to God?
Well, THATS how much worse it will get.
Please, Heavenly Father, don’t let us lose Your protection. Forgive our sinfulness. Amen.
Not our war. It’s idiotic to place these ships where they’ll be sitting ducks.
Israel going after Iran.
Interesting that three days ago, Victor Davis Hanson was saying that the carriers were at risk of being hit by rockets from Hezbollah in Lebanon. He intimated that a massive rocket barrage could overwhelm the missile defenses of the carrier battle group inflicting serious damage.
Are we about to see a Wag the Dog version of the Tonkin Gulf Incident? Is Biden/Obama deliberately placing US ships and sailors on a bullseye hoping that Iran/Hezbollah/Hamas etc. . . will attack them thereby staging what they might call “a splendid little war?”
Before he was fired, I think I recall Tucker Carlson saying Biden was such a failure his only recourse to hold power was to stage a war, though I think he was talking about one with Russia in Ukraine at the time. I guess this would serve the same purpose. Power by any means necessary.
I said that after the Iron Dome was defeated with 3000 rockets. Hamas fired until the defensive rounds were dry.
Once anything enters the defense boundary of the Carrier group it is targeted and brought down. The ships have limited rounds of defensive capabilities that are normally moderated by stand-off distance in the 200 NM range.
Hezbollah on the West Bank claims 150k rockets that are mostly under 10km in range but 10-20% of those are guided with ranges out to 200km. Chinese missiles add another unknown.
Pulling two carrier groups anywhere inside that cone is intentionally risking the start of something much bigger than the Gulf of Tonkin.
That sounds a lot like the battle outlined in Revelation..
You can be sure that real time location is being provided to Hezbollah by either China or Russia.
The battle in Revelation is on the plains of Meggido just east of Haifa.
My marker for the last battle to begin, because of all the confusing imagery in Revelation, has been that the US has to stand against Israel “with all the Kings of this world”.
Are the battle groups there to support Israel or to enforce the dictates of our broken System against Israel?
The Yakhont supersonic antiship cruise missile (P-800 Oniks) is the weapon to be concerned about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-800_Oniks
After we helped Ukraine sink the Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, as well as several other Russian ships, Putin has strong motivation to give Iran this capability, which will likely be dispatched to Hezbollah’s area of operations in Lebanon, but likely will remain under direct Iranian control.
THAAD and Patriot.
Neither have the best record for stopping Missiles. Patriot systems are a fail in Ukraine so far.
THADD is not doin so well either. Intercepting just one Missile in a deadly attack is not a very successful defense.
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2022/01/21/thaad-in-first-operational-use-destroys-midrange-ballistic-missile-in-houthi-attack/
Just more targets for Iran’s Fattah missile. “400 seconds to Tel Aviv”
“He formed the mountains by His mighty strength. He quiets the raging oceans and all the world’s clamor.”
Psalm 65:6-7
Reminds me of when John Bolton was going rouge and tried to start a war with Iran. Fortunately, our CIC was President Trump and shut down that warmonger post haste.
This time, the DOD is laying out the groundwork. While our CIC is in his Happy Place with his afternoon pudding cup.
Rouge rogues are the worst.
“John Bolton was going rouge “
I’m sure you meant “going rogue”
— altho ol’ John has been looking a bit ashen-faced lately …
HA!!😂😂
the mustache, glasses, and rouge!! That visual picture made me laugh tonight.
Much needed break.
To all you men out there, “rouge” is now called, “blush.”
You must be thinking of Michael Bolton.
The new Babylon with feet of miry clay ?……
𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐃: 𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 (𝟏 𝐦𝐢𝐧)
Fake. From the YT comments…
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Hey, maybe since we’re in the area with so many ships, we can stop by and get all the military stuff we left in Afghanistan a few years ago.
There’s a thought…
stellar, Doc
This is far more military force than a peace-keeping presence or to ensure Israel isn’t overwhelmed in its Gaza invasion. It is an expeditionary war machine.
Dear God, keep us safe under your watchful eye because there is evil abroad from which direction or for what purpose we do not know. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.
Amen
“Detailed discussions with president biden” Really?
Where does one go after that statement ?
God Help Us!
The only details FJB pays any attention to is if there are young’uns in the audience.
The curious , knowing cat is getting a much deserved rest.
I do miss him though.
Maybe the DoD suspects that Iran will attack Israel.
Double talk from Government Agencies, who would have thunk it!!! I can tell you right now, if this were 2019 under President Trump, the planning for wiping out and destroying the Chinese Naval Base in Djibouti would already be in place along with plans to destroy every oil terminal the Iranians had in the Persian Gulf!!! 🤔
If PDJT were in the oval, NONE of this would have been happening.
How horrifying to have on his shoulders, the knowledge that if he were in office, as many as 500,000 Ukranians, plus ? Russians, that are dead would be alive.
And now this mess, which also WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING, were he in office.
They were always on offense, Syria operation, KILLING SOLIEMANI are jut two examples!!!
Their biggest failure was not figuring out we had traitorus AMERICAN collaborators in the bio medical world working with the CCP to develop bio weapons that were used against us in Francis Collins, Anthony Fauci and Ralph Baric!!!🤨
“Something is happening that is beyond just Israel going into Gaza.”
Exactly what I was thinking after just reading your headline.
No WAY all this movement of military hardware is just for a clean-up operation of terrorists by Israel.
It tells me there is significant chatter of something going on and these clowns are trying to get ahead of it.
Get ahead of it, or instigate it?
Yes.
If we hadn’t of been there, the “Carney” incident wouldn’t have been possible.
Distract the american people from Joe’s shenanigans with china payola is my guess.
“something happening here,…what it is ain’t exactly clear…
Theres a man with a gun overvthere, telling me, I got to beware.
Battle lines being drawn, ..”
Yup
The “Carney” incident opened the floodgates.
Protecting against ALL POSSIBLE contingencies is underway.
Taking into account the “Known-Knowns” and the “Known- Unknowns” is great.
It’s the “Unknown – Unknowns” that’s a bit tricky.
Well, now I’m worried.
Without Miley, to communicate OUR intentions with our Naval assets in the ME to China, its entirely possible there COULD be a mishap.
President Biden is supposed to be giving a speech/announcement later today.
I am reminded of a post, I think Friday, of a young military woman telling the poster to make sure the car’s fuel tanks are full and to buy extra bathroom tissue. That day or tomorrow . Tomorrow being Saturday.
Hmmm!!!
All Wars are Bankers Wars
(This is an excerpt Dr. Mercola’s encapsulation of a video that should be watched by all. I’ve been sharing it for years and it looks like the good doctor has finally watched it.)
Wars and Murders to Prop Up the Petro Dollar Over time, America’s focus on finance over manufacturing led to a situation in which oil-producing countries were flush with U.S. cash, but the U.S. wasn’t manufacturing or selling anything that these nations wanted to buy. Europe made better cars and aircraft, and didn’t allow genetically engineered foods.
In 2000, Iraq demanded the right to sell their oil for euros, and in 2002, the United Nations agreed they could do so under the oil for food program. A year later, the United States re-invaded Iraq, Saddam Hussein was publicly lynched and Iraq’s oil could once again only be sold for U.S. dollars.
A similar scenario took place in Libya. In 2000, Muammar Gadhafi proposed the adoption of a new gold-backed currency, the gold dinar. He then announced that Libya’s oil would only be sold for gold dinars. As noted by Rivero:
I grew up reading the wonderful short stories of “O’Henry” (William Sidney Porter) but recently read his novel, a collection of individual stories, strung together that take place in a country he named “Anchuria” based on his experiences living in Honduras – I think O’Henry is the one who came up with the phrase “banana republic” – he really captured something in that book – it was very different – he called out something that was becoming a reality, the phenomenon of the fruit company from America dominating the economy and politics of a Latin America nation.
Cabbages and Kings (novel) – Wikipedia
People need to look up Operation Cyanide and watch the documentary Sacrifcing Liberty to understand how this evil US -Israel alliance has put the world on the edge of nuclear war way back in 1967!
These politicians will sacrifice the lives of their own citizens and soldiers without hesitation for power. The documentary is on Rumble and was just put out in 2020.
No, do not believe that (Operation Cyanide). Much more likely that Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez are correct. The Soviets wanted the Egyptians and Syrians to goad Israel into a war in 1967 giving the Red Navy reason to directly intervene via a landing in northern Israel. This is descried in their book Foxbats over Dimona.
“Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez’s groundbreaking history of the Six-Day War in 1967 radically changes our understanding of that conflict, casting it as a crucial arena of Cold War intrigue that has shaped the Middle East to this day. The authors, award-winning Israeli journalists and historians, have investigated newly available documents and testimonies from the former Soviet Union, cross-checked them against Israeli and Western sources, and arrived at fresh and startling conclusions. Contrary to previous interpretations, Ginor and Remez’s book shows that the Six-Day War was the result of a joint Soviet-Arab gambit to provoke Israel into a preemptive attack. The authors reveal how the Soviets received a secret Israeli message indicating that Israel, despite its official ambiguity, was about to acquire nuclear weapons. Determined to destroy Israel’s nuclear program before it could produce an atomic bomb, the Soviets then began preparing for war–well before Moscow accused Israel of offensive intent, the overt trigger of the crisis.
Ginor and Remez’s startling account details how the Soviet-Arab onslaught was to be unleashed once Israel had been drawn into action and was branded as the aggressor. The Soviets had submarine-based nuclear missiles poised for use against Israel in case it already possessed and tried to use an atomic device, and the USSR prepared and actually began a marine landing on Israel’s shores backed by strategic bombers and fighter squadrons. They sent their most advanced, still-secret aircraft, the MiG-25 Foxbat, on provocative sorties over Israel’s Dimona nuclear complex to prepare the planned attack on it, and to scare Israel into making the first strike. It was only the unpredicted devastation of Israel’s response that narrowly thwarted the Soviet design.”
Here is an article relating follow up research and discussions among historians. A long read but really something for history buffs interested in international affairs:
https://www.worldsecuritynetwork.com/Russia/Isabella-Ginor-and-Gideon-Remez-/The-Six-Day-War-as-a-Soviet-Initiativ-New-Evidence-and-Methodological-Issues
Thanks very much for that info, that’s definitely a keeper.
I am surprised this is not more well known. I was a mere boy in 1967 but I remember when the 6-Day War started, and even in the run-up, how often it was discussed on our TV-news (in Sweden) the risk that the Soviets would intervene. But after the Israeli victory that was all but forgotten. That’s why I was so impressed when I first read about the study by Ginor and Remez. Of course, apart from re-writing the story about the six-day war, it showed that the Soviet Union under Brezhnev was not a conservative, careful power, as so many on the “Detente-side” wanted to portray it. Maybe that is one of the reasons this story is just discussed among historians.
These facts were/are heavily suppressed in Israel – to understand this fact, one needs to know “what the names mean” [who the politicians and military figures were at the time and what agendas they were promoting].
What’s actually has gone on and is now going on in Israel at the level of the “political” regime and its appointed running dogs is not well known outside of Israel (and unfortunately not even by the majority of the victim civilian population in Israel).
Unfortunately, it would take a thick, well referenced book or two to get to beginning of understanding what’s going on.
The Tail Wags The Dog….. all the focus and effort pinpointed…… as far away from Taiwan as possible.