Gsus4@mander.xyz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoThere Are Now Over 50,000 American Troops in the Mideastwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1165arrow-down1external-linkThere Are Now Over 50,000 American Troops in the Mideastwww.nytimes.comGsus4@mander.xyz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSharkticon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoHonestly kind of surprised it’s not higher. So the normal number according to this article is about 40,000? Course I guess it makes sense logistically. It’s cheaper probably to transport them quickly than to house and feed them permanently.
minus-squarerwrwefwef@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 days ago Honestly kind of surprised it’s not higher. The increase is mostly due to naval assets and US Marines deployments. They can’t deploy much more lest they want to expose their other positions.
Honestly kind of surprised it’s not higher. So the normal number according to this article is about 40,000? Course I guess it makes sense logistically. It’s cheaper probably to transport them quickly than to house and feed them permanently.
The increase is mostly due to naval assets and US Marines deployments. They can’t deploy much more lest they want to expose their other positions.