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Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Trump's hatchet man at <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoD</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> revokes security detail and clearances for Trump critic Gen. Mark Milley, orders investigation, contemplates reduction in rank </p><p>He's exactly as bad as we thought he'd be. </p><p>And you can bet the rest of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpCabinet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCabinet</span></a> will be, too.</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/politics/mark-milley-security-detail-pulled/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/01/28/politics/ma</span><span class="invisible">rk-milley-security-detail-pulled/index.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Disgusting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disgusting</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> Is Confirmed as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> Secretary By Slim Margin</p><p>Hegseth has vowed to bring his “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/warrior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warrior</span></a>” ethos to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> [he must mean <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/drunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drunk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rapist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rapist</span></a> ethos]. Democrats had assailed him as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unfit</span></a> for the job, &amp; his confirmation came down to *Vice President* <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> serving as tiebreaker.</p><p>[feel free to attack the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, there’s a drunk at the wheel]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ToxicMasculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicMasculinity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RapeCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RapeCulture</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> officers worry that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> could turn a blind eye to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> </p><p>As a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FauxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FauxNews</span></a> contributor, he persuaded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to intervene in the cases of 3 service members accused of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a>. Would he do it again as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/military-officers-worry-pete-hegseth-turn-blind-eye-us-war-crimes-rcna183732" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/national-</span><span class="invisible">security/military-officers-worry-pete-hegseth-turn-blind-eye-us-war-crimes-rcna183732</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>🚨🚨🚨 More attention on please:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> Lobbied <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pardon</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCriminals</span></a></p><p>Among those [Trump’s pick for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a>] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> …advocated for was Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL platoon leader…[who] shot <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilians</span></a>, including a school-age girl, &amp; knifing to death a captured ISIS fighter receiving medical treatment in Iraq in 2017.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-friends-host-pete-hegseth-privately-lobbied-trump-to-pardon-accused-war-criminals/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/fox-and-frie</span><span class="invisible">nds-host-pete-hegseth-privately-lobbied-trump-to-pardon-accused-war-criminals/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingNews</span></a>:<br>🚨🚨<br>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> has advanced the nomination of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> secretary Thursday on a largely party-line vote, despite grave objections from Democrats &amp; stirring unease among Republicans over his behavior &amp; qualifications to lead the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/drunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drunk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexualAssault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexualAssault</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱</p><p>🦇 💩 crazy</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Picks <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a>, a Veteran &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoxNews</span></a> Host, for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a></p><p>The choice of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a>, a dedicated supporter of Trump, is outside the norm of the traditional choice for the post.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RIPdemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RIPdemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/us/politics/pete-hegseth-defense-secretary-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/11/12/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/pete-hegseth-defense-secretary-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> 2nd term <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mandatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mandatory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> service<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChrisMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisMiller</span></a>, Trump’s last <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> who led the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> during the chaotic closure of Trump’s tenure in Washington [&amp; author of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MillerMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MillerMemo</span></a>], is among a cluster of fmr admin ofcls &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> lawmakers who are proposing a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalServiceMandate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalServiceMandate</span></a> &amp; other measures as part of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a>’s govt-wide game plan.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conscription</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/draft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>draft</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BidenHarris2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BidenHarris2024</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/10/trump-military-draft-mandatory-service/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/national-se</span><span class="invisible">curity/2024/06/10/trump-military-draft-mandatory-service/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LloydAustin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LloydAustin</span></a> spoke to his Israeli counterpart, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/YoavGallant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YoavGallant</span></a>, Thurs afternoon, about regional threats &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>’s destabilizing actions in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> press sec said in a stmnt.</p><p>They also spoke about the importance of increasing &amp; sustaining the flow of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilians</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>, including via the new route from Ashdod Port in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>.</p><p>A snr US ofcl on Thurs night declined to say whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gallant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gallant</span></a> gave <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austin</span></a> any advance warning of an impending strike.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> min, Yoav <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gallant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gallant</span></a>, &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LloydAustin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LloydAustin</span></a>, met at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> on Tues to discuss the rapidly deteriorating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> conditions in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> &amp; Israel’s plan to invade <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rafah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rafah</span></a>, where <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ofcls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ofcls</span></a> have warned that a major military action could lead to catastrophe.</p><p>The meeting came amid growing friction between the 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MNNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MNNA</span></a> after the passage of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> resolution calling for an immediate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CeaseFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CeaseFire</span></a> &amp; Israel’s PM, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a>, cancelled a separate delegation to DC.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LlyodAustin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LlyodAustin</span></a> announced that the US military would send ~$100M in additional donations of US equipment to Kyiv, including Stinger antiaircraft missiles, artillery shells &amp; cold-weather gear. The size of that package, smaller than most previous announcements, appeared to reflect the new reality of tighter constraints in US support to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>.
<br>He also said Ukrainian forces had what they needed to fight <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> over the winter — despite the setbacks during summer &amp; fall.</p>
Nonilex<p>“Our congressional members have valid questions &amp; we will answer, but I would point out that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> matters, what happens here matters, not just to Ukraine but to the entire world,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LloydAustin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LloydAustin</span></a> told reporters after meeting Ukrainian ofcls.<br>
The visit by Austin &amp; Gen Christopher Cavoli, (commander of US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EUCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUCOM</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SACEUR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SACEUR</span></a>) was also intended to signal that American support will not be undermined by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>’s war w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a>….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zelensky</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Monday, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LloydAustin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LloydAustin</span></a> arrived in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kyiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kyiv</span></a> in a bid to offer some reassurance to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>’s leaders on behalf of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austin</span></a> met w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zelensky</span></a> &amp; Defense Minister Rustem <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Umerov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Umerov</span></a>, as well as Gen. Valery <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zaluzhny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zaluzhny</span></a>, the country’s top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> officer.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/20/ukraine-aid-washington-anxiety-austin/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/world/2023/</span><span class="invisible">11/20/ukraine-aid-washington-anxiety-austin/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a>’s Oct 13 arrival in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TelAviv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TelAviv</span></a> coincided w/rising WH anxiety that events could spin out of control. When <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austin</span></a> made his low key entry to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> Ministry via underground parking, he embraced his counterpart, Def Min <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/YoavGallant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YoavGallant</span></a>.</p><p>Austin, who knew well the challenges of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UrbanWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanWarfare</span></a> from his 4★Gen days overseeing the campaign to root out <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ISIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISIS</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iraq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iraq</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a>, had knowledge to share. In private, he urged <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gallant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gallant</span></a> to “think thru what they are trying to achieve” &amp; how to do it.</p>
Nonilex<p>Neither <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>, nor SoS Antony <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blinken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blinken</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LloydAustin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LloydAustin</span></a> or others in dir contact w/their Israeli counterparts, told them what to do or what not to do, acc/to public stmnts &amp; interviews w/a range of snr admin &amp; foreign ofcls who discussed the tumultuous &amp; sensitive days of the past 2 wks anonymously.</p><p>But worry was growing in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a>, &amp; it… culminated w/ Biden’s 7½ hrs on the ground in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>. In meetings w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> &amp; his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cabinet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cabinet</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> expressed his concerns &amp; posed questions.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> will send <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AircraftCarrier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AircraftCarrier</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StrikeGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrikeGroup</span></a> to Eastern Mediterranean in support of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> Lloyd Austin said Sunday he has ordered the Ford carrier strike group to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to be ready to assist Israel after the surprise attack by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> that has left &gt;1k dead &amp; thousands wounded on both sides.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/live/israel-hamas-war-live-updates#0000018b-103e-d394-a9af-38ff22220000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/live/israel-hamas-w</span><span class="invisible">ar-live-updates#0000018b-103e-d394-a9af-38ff22220000</span></a></p>