DoD to Troops: Be Ready to Deploy to Israel

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DoD to Troops: Be Ready to Deploy to Israel

Fox News reported that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin placed a substantial number of U.S. troops on standby, ready to deploy to the Eastern Mediterranean within 24 hours upon receiving orders. Their role is for advising and providing medical support to Israeli forces, rather than combat.

Fox News added:

On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that 2,000 U.S. troops were notified to prepare to be ready within 24 hours if needed, but Fox has not confirmed the 2,000 troops, nor what units have been notified.

The order was issued just days after a special operations Marine Corps unit participating in exercises scheduled through Oct. 22 departed early "as a result of emerging events." These troops are not designated for combat roles, but for advising and medical support. 

The order follows the arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to deter escalation in the area.

In an opinion piece at Fox News, former CIA station chief and officer Daniel Hoffman wrote identified three things he thinks the U.S. should do to assist Israel:

First, the U.S. should enlist its allies around the world to own the truthful narrative. Israel is at war with brutal terrorists, no less barbaric than ISIS and al Qaeda. Israel will seek to limit civilian casualties as much as possible, but has not just a right but a duty to defend its population from Hamas. 

Second, the U.S. should engage with Israel on what a post-Hamas Gaza will look like. A critical component of counterinsurgency strategy, which I learned from my former boss at CIA David Petraeus when he was commander of multinational forces in Iraq, is to eliminate the irreconcilable terrorists while working with local partners to address legitimate grievances.  

It remains to be seen if anything like that in Gaza, possibly working with the Palestinian Authority, is even remotely possible. 

Third, the U.S. needs to continue to use its big stick to deter Iran, Syria and Hezbollah from taking the opportunity to open a second or third front against Israel.  

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