Dozens of U.S. troops have been deployed to Cyprus amid sharply escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, and they are preparing for a range of contingencies including a possible evacuation operation from Lebanon for U.S. citizens should a full-blown war erupt, four U.S. officials told CNN.
Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said earlier this week that the U.S. military would be deploying “a small number of U.S. military personnel forward” to the region “out of an abundance of caution.” But he declined to say how many troops were deployed, where they were sent, and what branch they belonged to.
The UK announced on Tuesday that it was sending 700 troops to Cyprus to prepare for a possible emergency evacuation of British citizens from Lebanon if one becomes necessary.
Ukraine being seiged, Russia constantly encroaching on NATO: USA talks about not helping.
Israel gets blood splatter on their suit: USA deploys troops.
Great. Send Bibi the bill.
The “wider war” is already happening with multiple terrorist attacks against Lebanon.
Kudos to the USA for “trying” to limit this to a genocide in palestine though. \s
“US fears”
eg, funding and support there-of
There would be no war in the ME right now if not for the US bipartisan support for a genocide.
I came here to upvote this comment. I couldn’t agree with you more.
Saw that coming.
Bring them home please… Alive.
Is that like 2 dozen, or 3 dozen? Twenty four people doesn’t sound like much.
I thought about the numbers too. I would say dozens go as high as like 150, because beyond that you can round up to 200, which is now hundreds, but before that runs down to 100, and nobody wins say The US sent hundred of troops…
There are dozens of them. Dozens!
Oh great! That puts me at ease.
