Pentagon chief Austin says Hamas atrocities are ‘worse than what I saw with ISIS’

[Gunny]

Not sure how wise it is sending the SecDef and Secretary of State to the ME at the same time while they're playing "President".

Austin said his presence in the region as well as the shipments of munitions and repositioning of US warships were all intended to send the message that “the United States will make sure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself.”
“This is no time for neutrality, or for false equivalence, or for excuses for the inexcusable,” Austin said. “There is never any justification for terrorism. And that’s especially true of this rampage by Hamas.”

In a not-so veiled threat to Hezbollah in Lebanon, Austin echoed comments made earlier this week by US President Joe Biden, saying that “to any country, or any group or anyone trying to take advantage of this atrocity… we have just one word: Don’t.”
Asked by a reporter if the US would consider sending troops to fight on an additional front against Hezbollah, Austin said, “I won’t speculate on anything that could happen in the future.” He added: “Make no mistake, the United States will make sure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself.”

full article: https://www.timesofisrael.com/pentag...saw-with-isis/

[Kathianne]

Not sure how wise it is sending the SecDef and Secretary of State to the ME at the same time while they're playing "President".


full article: https://www.timesofisrael.com/pentag...saw-with-isis/

Personally, that 'Don't!' sounded like 'please' to me.

[Gunny]

Personally, that 'Don't!' sounded like 'please' to me.

I don't trust Austin. Simple as that. He's the one that brought all that divisive crap into military training. It will get people killed. No room for division in the Division.