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pecosbob

(8,515 posts) Wed Jun 10, 2026, 06:05 PM 7 hrs ago

Turns out that the 82nd Airborne wasn't just deployed to the Middle East in March.

It was in fact deployed directly to Israel.

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/us-secretly-deployed-paratroopers

When the Pentagon announced that the 82nd Airborne was deploying to the Middle East in March, it concealed a key detail: some of the paratroopers were headed to Israel, as revealed in an Army deployment order I obtained.

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Turns out that the 82nd Airborne wasn't just deployed to the Middle East in March. (Original Post) pecosbob 7 hrs ago OP

Israel IS in the Middle East... EX500rider 7 hrs ago #1

EX500rider

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1. Israel IS in the Middle East...

Reply to pecosbob (Original post)

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 06:52 PM

7 hrs ago

And keeping "some" troops over there in the country with the most robust air defenses is probably a good idea if they are going to be over there anyway.

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