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pecosbob

(8,515 posts) Wed Jun 10, 2026, 06:05 PM 22 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 22 hrs ago OP

Israel IS in the Middle East... EX500rider 21 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

21 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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