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We've betrayed our allies, left them to be slaughtered, now this.
WASHINGTONThe Pentagon is deploying three new anti-missile systems, two squadrons of jet fighters and approximately 2,000 additional troops to Saudi Arabia in an accelerating U.S. buildup meant to counter Iranian hostilities in the region, officials said Friday.
The move represents the largest of three round of U.S. military deployments to Saudi Arabia since July, and comes as U.S. lawmakers hold a negative view of arms sales and support to Riyadh.
The Pentagon will deploy two Patriot surface-to-air missile batteries as well as a Terminal High Altitude Air Defense system, or THAAD, which provides broader air defenses against the ballistic missile threat for much of the region, officials said.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagon-to-deploy-around-2-000-additional-troops-to-saudi-arabia-11570809038
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Wasn't it the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia that so enraged Osama bin Laden? That worked out well, as I recall.
PRETZEL
(3,245 posts)CrispyQ
(36,226 posts)dalton99a
(81,065 posts)at least
Initech
(99,914 posts)Seriously shit like this really makes me want to go electric. Fuck Saudi Arabia.
maxsolomon
(32,987 posts)The Infidels were driven from the holy land, and now they're back less that 20 years later, at the invitation of your monarch?
Wahhabists will be so sad.
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)How many are already there?
This is so much bullshit.
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)are being spent. WSJ should make news like this available for free.
EleanorR
(2,374 posts)Ilsa
(61,675 posts)EleanorR
(2,374 posts)Docreed2003
(16,817 posts)Supporting an extremist regime that was the homeland of most of the 9/11 hijackers...that's good??
This is all about the money and I'm sure Trump and his minions will be getting paid handsomely by the Saudis
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,085 posts)Let them defend their selves.