(10-23-2023, 12:41 PM)Ninurta Wrote:(10-22-2023, 09:38 PM)putnam6 Wrote: ...
Hell Syria is going to pop first, all it will take now is American soldiers getting killed somewhere
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I can't say much about it, but I do know there are already U.S. troops and French troops, at least, on the ground at points inside Israel. I would guess that there are other nationalities present as well, but don't know that for fact.
We also have about 2000 marines, soon to be either 4 or 6 thousand, sitting and waiting o9n ship board there.
We also have Turkey making not-so-veiled threats against our naval assets in the eastern Mediterranean, which really gripes my ass, those ungrateful bastards.
The powder keg is packed and fused. All they need now is for some dumbass to strike a match, and the Middle east is chock full of dumbasses.
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Turkey inserting thier Navy into the Mediterranean Sea holding maneuvers and suggesting they may hit the US with a misplaced salvo or 2, is the wildcard. With the Chinese supposedly already in the region. It will not take much.
Well, we have American, Russian, Israeli, Syrian, Turkey, and Isis factions to varying degrees with the displaced Syrians in camps Nominally under Turkish control. The US forces in the al-Tanf garrison were already being threatened before October, not that it wouldn't go out in a blaze of glory, but it could be overrun easily, the only thing stopping it is the American response afterward
Israel has hit the 2 airports and supposedly an Iranian convoy to keep the flood of weapons from coming in.
As for the American troop totals, it sounds woefully inadequate. But I always agreed with General Schwarzkopf, about making sure you have what you will need at your disposal. I don't see any way Israel can have it's ground offensive, while keeping all the other factions from going bug-chit.
while America stands by
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Schwarzkopf_Jr.
Quote:Initially tasked with defending Saudi Arabia from Iraqi aggression, Schwarzkopf's command eventually grew to an international force of over 750,000 troops. After diplomatic relations broke down, he planned and led Operation Desert Storm, an extended air campaign followed by a highly successful 100-hour ground offensive, which defeated the Iraqi Army and removed Iraqi troops from Kuwait in early 1991.