Business Insider: A senior member of the US Marine corps is telling people "multiple platoons" are deploying to Egypt, a source tells us.
There is a system within the US Marines that alerts the immediate families of high-ranking marines when their marine will soon be deployed to an emergency situation where they will not be able to talk to their spouses or families.
That alert just went out, says our source.This senior Marine told our source that the Pentagon will deploy "multiple platoons" to Egypt over the next few days and that the official reason will be ‘to assist in the evacuation of US citizens." [...]
On Friday, the Pentagon announced it would move "U.S. warships and other military assets to make sure it is prepared in case evacuation of U.S. citizens from Egypt becomes necessary," according the the LA Times.
I certainly do understand the need to be prepared, but Egypt is quite volatile now, I am not too sure about how the presence of US military might play in the region right now. Lord knows almost anything American sets off the folks in the Middle East. The presence of US marines (no matter what the stated purpose) is almost bound to have a negative reaction.
We will have to keep our fingers crossed on this one.
Via: Memeorandum
Via: Business Insider
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Bad, bad move. Very bad. The very last thing we should be doing is making it seem that we have anything to do with what type of government takes over.
Like you said, they don't like us there, and it is a cultural norm there to believe any and all conspiriacy theories. Alex Jones has nothing on them.
Also, I am a little confused I thought they annouced the other day that Americans had one or two more days to get out or they could not get help.
This is uncalled for... Neocons are planing a second coming.
Multiple platoons!? What on earth is he talking about.
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