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The U.S. military has selected roughly 2,000 troops to prepare for a potential deployment to support Israel, U.S. defense officials said, according to the Wall Street Journal. The troops are tasked with missions like advising and medical support, the officials said, and they are from across the U.S. armed services. The troops are currently stationed both inside the Middle East and outside, including Europe, the officials said. It isn't clear under what circumstances the U.S. could deploy the troops or to where, but the Pentagon decision signaled it is preparing to support Israeli troops should Israel launch a ground incursion into Gaza.
This is worrying escalation in the Middle East for Americans. Coupled with other American maneuvers in the area, it appears we are bracing for the worst.
As per the Air Force Times, The U.S. has moved the Ford carrier strike group into the eastern Mediterranean as a precautionary measure, providing a show of support to Israel. The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, the Navy’s newest and most advanced carrier, is accompanied by around 5,000 sailors and military jets, bolstered by cruisers and destroyers.
“The people of Israel have the unwavering support of the U.S., and we are committed to ensuring Israel has what it needs to defend itself,” U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J Austin said in a post on X.
It is clear that America has every intention to make sure Israel is safe, maintaining our commitment to protecting our allies. And this is where it gets tricky
According to the Associated Press, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amirabdollahian says that if Israel’s bombardment of Gaza continues, the war may open on “other fronts,” an apparent reference to the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.
Iran has a long history of being antagonistic of Israel. Ever since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran has severed all ties with Israel and began supporting Palestinian groups. Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini called Israel an “enemy of Islam”. Iran has supported groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, which are in direct conflict with Israel. These proxy conflicts have further estranged the two nations.
Iran and Israel’s rivalry also plays into broader Middle Eastern geopolitics, with various regional actors aligning with either country based on strategic interests. The new developments done by Hamas is just the most recent power play between these two rivaling powers in the region.
Iran has signaled that if Israel continues with their bombardment of Palestine, it could get involved. Not only this, but Iran supports Hezbollah, which has been clashing with Israel on its border while all this is happening.
According to reports from Reuters, Lebanese Hezbollah fighters launched attacks on Israeli army posts and a northern border village on Sunday (10:15), and Israel retaliated with strikes in Lebanon as U.N. peacekeepers warned border clashes were escalating.
Sporadic fire across the Israel-Lebanon border over the past week has raised concerns that fighting with Hamas militants in Gaza could escalate into a broader conflict.
Putting these two developing situations into consideration, it is not a far fetched idea for Iran to get involved in some capacity. And if Iran gets involved in this regional conflict to aid the terrorist proxies they support, Hamas and Hezbollah, it would be absolutely disastrous for Israel. It would put our closest middle eastern ally in grave threat - and we simply can not tolerate that. If Iran gets involved in a meaningful way, we must rush in and defend Israel and it’s people from the sure destruction that would come from the terrorist state.
A very real threat of escalation is present in the Middle East that could end up pulling in major regional powers into the conflict, potentially obligating America to weigh in.
Pray for resolution in the Middle East. Pray that Iran doesn’t escalate the war in Israel needlessly. Pray that we don’t have to get involved.
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