RedditsuxMar 13

Pentagon sends thousands of Marines to Middle East

https://lemmy.world/post/44218824

Pentagon sends thousands of Marines to Middle East - Lemmy.World

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is sending an amphibious assault ship, the USS Tripoli, and its Marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East, a senior U.S. official confirmed to Axios on Friday. Why it matters: The deployment will add thousands of Marines, several warships, and F-35 fighter jets to support those already in the region, the U.S. official said. archive article: https://archive.is/Cqyia#selection-601.0-617.150 [https://archive.is/Cqyia#selection-601.0-617.150]

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Another Vietnam, for nothing. JFC.
Mar 13 at 7:46pmWeb
Show threaddeadbeef79000Mar 13
No, not for nothing. For imperialism, for the Trump-Epstein files, for pork barrel politics, for the MIC, for oil.
Show threaddizzle18Mar 13
This shit makes Vietnam look like a well planned and thought out war.
Show threadEndlessNightmareMar 14
This war is less popular than Vietnam
Show threadCharlesDarwinMar 14

When Vietnam got rolling, it was supported. And depending on when you consider it “starting”, since the slide from France’s imperialist aims over to being ours is more nuanced. We were “involved” by 1950. But starting in 1965, it looks like 59% thought the war was not a mistake.

statista.com/…/vietnam-war-us-public-opinion-mist…

Vietnam War: U.S. public opinion on sending troops 1965-1973| Statista

The United States' war in Southeast Asia against the communist controlled North Vietnam was one of the key conflicts of the Cold War.

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