The United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has commanded U.S. troops to “be ready to deploy.”
This news comes just as Biden decides to visit Israel on Wednesday.
The consecutive events make one wonder if the Biden administration is gearing up to send troops into Israel.
Fox News has the specifics on the report:
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin put a significant number of U.S. troops on stand-by to “be ready to deploy,” over the weekend, though officials say the U.S. role would not be for combat.
A U.S. official confirmed with Fox News that Austin issued orders to troops that they should be ready to be deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean within 24-hours of receiving an order.
Specifically, top officials say troops would be sent to advise and provide medical support to Israeli forces.
The order is less of a deterrence posture like what has been seen with the mobilization of the USS Ford and USS Eisenhower strike groups in the Mediterranean, but instead appears to be a more direct support role for defense of Israel, if needed.
Though they might state that the troops would not provide combat support.
How long before ‘medical support’ transpires into full-blown military action against Hamas and other aggressors?