U.S. Sending 10,000 More Troops to Middle East

Thursday, October 01, 2026

The Pentagon is sending a third aircraft-carrier strike group and additional Marine Corps ships to the Middle East, according to U.S. officials...

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BREAKING: Trump Sending 10,000 More Troops, Another Aircraft Carrier Toward Iran[image or embed]
" Mediaite (@mediaite.com) 2:44 PM Oct 1, 2026

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- renewing strikes on Iran after the midterm elections.

Ah so... the elections are a major consideration in his warmongering?

I'm shocked, I tells ya!

Do those troops know they are pawns in his politicking?

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-01 02:11 PM | Reply

What area(s) of the globe is Pres Trump now leaving more vulnerable due to his withdrawal of carrier groups from those areas?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-01 02:14 PM | Reply

Guess who won't be a part of this force?

Anyone from Trump's family.

"Suckers and losers" is a longstanding family tradition.

Right, Barron and Junior and Dumbo?

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-10-01 02:19 PM | Reply

Did dotard give the order to send another carrier while stuffed in a food cart?

#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-10-01 02:23 PM | Reply

"Do those troops know they are pawns in his politicking?"

Most troops usually are, historically.

#5 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-10-01 02:56 PM | Reply

PEACE PRESIDENT!

MAGA are the dumbest sacks of shit ever.

#6 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-10-01 03:09 PM | Reply

On the upside... if we send all those troops in and... it may be harder to nuke them.
Sacrificial lambs... all dressed in bdu du jour...

I think he knows he's toast... wants to leave a mess for the next guy... so his heirs can blame them... instead of him.

Seems like only yesterday...
www.cnn.com

#7 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2026-10-01 03:10 PM | Reply

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Thanks, Genocide Joe, Blacula Harris, AIPAC, Chuck Schumer, Alan Dershowitz, Tim "Mephisto" Walz, and Merrick "Mossad-protector" Garland.

We're so glad in America that the Israeli economy is doing fine and that Israel's world class universal healthcare and murderous death forces are well funded by US taxpayers suffering from the BBB while our sailors are trying to un-alive themselves rather than fight and die for Israel.

But, hey, the 2024 Democrats got the gosh-darned 140 Israeli hostages freed, so there!

"FUNNY"

#8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-10-01 03:11 PM | Reply

I think he knows he's toast... wants to leave a mess for the next guy... so his heirs can blame them... instead of him.

That was his strategy with Afghanistan and COVID.

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-10-01 03:12 PM | Reply