Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is sending an amphibious assault ship, the USS Tripoli, and its Marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East, a senior U.S. official confirmed to Axios on Friday. Why it matters: The deployment will add thousands of Marines, several warships, and F-35 fighter jets to support those already in the region, the U.S. official said.
archive article: https://archive.is/Cqyia#selection-601.0-617.150
This is the mission creep of this war. No clear objectives no exit strategy. Send more ships more troops.
Without blowing another big hole in our budget, people might get the idea that we should start taxing the Epstein class to fund things like childcare, healthcare, education, scientific research, feeding, clothing and housing all our people, and updating/fixing our infrastructure here at home.
There is always going to be money to pay for bullshit like this in “defense” of 'merica, but anything done for actual people IN America will have to be means tested and always up for getting cut by the likes of idiots that thought “doge” was a good idea.