I'm sure he did.
Absolutely. Decency has ever been Trump's only motive.
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On Saturday, multiple alarms sounded in Israel, warning of incoming missiles and drones launched by Iran and Hezbollah, the Tehran-backed militant Islamist movement in Lebanon.
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Concerns that the US might seize Kharg rose when officials in Washington said that 2,500 more marines and the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli had been ordered to the Middle East.
Marine expeditionary units are able to conduct amphibious landings, but they also specialise in bolstering security at embassies, evacuating civilians and disaster relief. The deployment does not necessarily indicate that a ground operation is imminent or will take place, just like parking a carrier group off Iran’s coasts didn’t necessarily indicate that the goat rodeo would swing into whatever this is called February 28th.
More US Marines and warships are being deployed to the Middle East, two officials confirmed to CBS News, the BBC's US partner.
The officials said the reinforcements were to come from an amphibious ready group and its Marine expeditionary unit, with one official adding that the group would be led by the Japan-based USS Tripoli, an amphibious assault ship, but that’s probably just a coincidence.
The unit headed by the USS Tripoli typically consists of around 5,000 sailors and Marines distributed across several warships.
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So…2500 Marines…are not going to invade a country of 90-ish million, but they could invade an island like Kharg Island and hold it.
Up to 90% of Iran's oil exports, which include crude oil, fertilisers, liquid gas, and other products, pass through the terminal on Kharg, which is able to load 10 supertankersat once. This makes it very strategically significant. There is also enough storage for around 30 million barrels of oil on the island.
The island is served by Kharg Airport.
Centcom said US forces had struck "more than 90 Iranian military targets on Kharg Island, while preserving the oil infrastructure".
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The USS Tripoli is about two weeks out, so it could arrive before April Fools Day.
Trump says US forces destroyed military targets on Iranian island handling oil exports — Guardian US
Forces ‘obliterated’ military targets on Kharg, according to president, who warns oil infrastructure could be next
Marine expeditionary units are able to conduct amphibious landings, but they also specialise in bolstering security at embassies, evacuating civilians and disaster relief. The deployment does not necessarily indicate that a ground operation is imminent or will take place, just like parking a carrier group off Iran’s coasts didn’t necessarily indicate that the goat rodeo would swing into whatever this is called February 28th.
More US Marines and warships are being deployed to the Middle East, two officials confirmed to CBS News, the BBC's US partner.
The officials said the reinforcements were to come from an amphibious ready group and its Marine expeditionary unit, with one official adding that the group would be led by the Japan-based USS Tripoli, an amphibious assault ship, but that’s probably just a coincidence.
The unit headed by the USS Tripoli typically consists of around 5,000 sailors and Marines distributed across several warships.
More US Marines and warships being moved to Middle East, reports say — BBC News
The reinforcements will come from an amphibious ready group that is usually based in Japan, an official told CBS, the BBC's US partner.
So…2500 Marines…are not going to invade a country of 90-ish million, but they could invade an island like Kharg Island and hold it.
Up to 90% of Iran's oil exports, which include crude oil, fertilisers, liquid gas, and other products, pass through the terminal on Kharg, which is able to load 10 supertankersat once. This makes it very strategically significant. There is also enough storage for around 30 million barrels of oil on the island.
The island is served by Kharg Airport.
Centcom said US forces had struck "more than 90 Iranian military targets on Kharg Island, while preserving the oil infrastructure".
Kharg Island: Why has it been targeted by the US?
The tiny island is home to one of the most critical pieces of Iran's energy infrastructure.
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I read that as Trump has friends with a monetary interest in the Island not becoming a giant scrap metal dump.