U.S. deploys missile submarine, second aircraft carrier to Middle East

The U.S. is strengthening its capabilities in the Middle East amid Iran's threats of retaliation against Israel with a rare announcement of the location of a missile sub.

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[dugsoif]

I don't get it. With all the money we send over in Israel you'd think they'd be able to fight their own battles. You mean we pay them and fight their battles too?

[OMGITSGB]

So we are defending Israel after THEY attacked 3 separate targets in 3 separate countries? Why? I can understand the USA wanting to defend Israel if they were getting attacked and it wasnt there fault, but any attack on them, is directly because THEY attacked other countries, to which those countries DESERVE to defend themselves, similar to how people were saying Israel had a right to defend itself at first. In this case, all those countries, HAVE A RIGHT to defend themselves, to which the United States should NOT get involved.

[randyboisa]

Why would this idiotic Administration announce the location of a submarine to anybody?

[jetlibog]

That is not Our War ... Save Our Troops.😢

[AKrn]

When doe Ukraine get two aircraft carrier groups and a nuclear submarine?
THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT

[mplslawnguy]

There are always subs attached to carrier groups. This isn’t really news.

[StirFryChicken]

Imagine what our country would be like if those resources in similar caliber were available to secure our borders

[NorvelCooksey]

This world has gone mad. How many people have died in war in the last 125 years?😢

[paulrusso]

Praying for all the innocent Jewish and Muslim people suffering because of all this BS!

[bobtail]

Israel learned all these moves from who they hated in the 1940s, good work

[daniloprocopio]

The USA is a democratic country, why doesn't the government hold a plebiscite so that Americans can choose whether or not to vote in favor of the country's intervention to help its ally(s)? In the case of Israel, the country should already have at least one nuclear aircraft carrier and some similar submarines for support, but no, it is its son (USA) who helps it... In a way, it even gives a certain “pride patriotic” to know that your country is only “supporting” your colleague in a war that is not yours, (contrary to the Monroe Doctrine) but at the same time, it generates concern, mainly because a nation as militarily powerful as this one is notorious and a easy target for enemies who see this as an extreme threat... Nations like the USA should be cautious, look less at the world and look more at their people!

[noneshere]

Russia already has soldiers in Iran and USs fleet surrounded.
Let see how much money US has to waste.

[johnroberts]

Hear we go .. We only do a build up like that if 💩 going to hit the fan..

[benjames]

You better hope China or N. Korea doesn't decide to cause an issue

[johnmeehan]

You can bet that is nuclear missile sub!!

[diannshoemaker]

Never say the American government is not pro Israel. This positioning of the American military, in Israel's defense... SAYS FAR MORE THAN WORDS.

[sandydixson]

Not the US, the political parties are sending money they don't have and without the peoples permission
So leave America out of it
The majority of Americans are not registered to a political party
No Democrat or Republican speaks for us

[yousifhela]

If the United States put its mighty military power on its border we would have resolved this issue of illegal immigration overnight. Why the United States does not protect the United States border I don't understand 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[jts]

ABC said orange man was going to start WW3

[sundager]

And what is Kamala Harris’s statement about this escalation? Have you asked her? Have you bothered to ask her any questions about anything at all?