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rangerrebew:
Lloyd Austin Says Troops On Gaza Pier Are Not ‘Boots On The Ground’
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MICAELA BURROW
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, DEFENSE
April 30, 2024
1:24 PM ET
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin insisted Tuesday that stationing troops off a humanitarian pier leading to Gaza does not count as having boots on land, while leaving wide open the possibility of a live-fire exchange with attackers on the ground.

The statement appears to undercut the Biden administration’s attempts to assuage concerns about the safety of the 1,000 U.S. troops who just began construction on the artificial port, and its insistence that the U.S. military will not be involved in combat operations in Gaza while supporting Israel’s war against Hamas. Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida said the administration is claiming that “boots on a pier connected to the ground connected to service members shooting into Gaza doesn’t count as boots on the ground” at a House Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday.


“It does not,” Austin responded.

https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/30/lloyd-austin-says-troops-on-gaza-pier-not-boots-ground/

rangerrebew:
They should send his sorry ass over there and tell him his new office is on the pier until the area is secure.  I'll bet it would become one of the safest places on earth within 48 hours. :amen:

PeteS in CA:
Their boots may be a couple hundred yards from being on the ground, but I'm sure the Arab Palis will find ways to make that slightly longer range to their targets irrelevant.

mountaineer:
Sorry, doofus, but boots on a pier in a war zone are pretty darn close - too close - to "boots on the ground."

Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.today
@JordanSchachtel
Imagine volunteering to serve your country and then being told that you have to build a pier for Hamas because Biden needs to win Michigan.
9:59 AM · Apr 30, 2024

mountaineer:
Remarkable video from today's House hearing. Matt Gaetz and Lloyd Austin both agree it's very likely U.S. troops will come under fire from Hamas.

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