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.

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    • errer@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      No better way to distract from raping hundreds of children than by murdering a few thousand brown ones

      • i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de
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        Not all of the American children will be brown, but they’re probably poor and they will be praised for their bravery so people don’t feel as bad,