#Roommates, following the deadly airstrike that claimed the life of Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani, thousands of U.S. troops are currently being deployed to the Middle East.
The deployed troops will reportedly come from the Immediate Response Force of the 82nd Airborne Division. Before the airstrike, the U.S. armed forces had been placed on prepare-to deploy orders and would be required to be sent to the Middle East if the situation merited it.
However, those deployment terms changed indefinitely after Qasem Soleimani was killed. The initial U.S. deployment numbers included around 750 troops, that number ballooned to around 3,000 due to the airstrike.
Additionally, the U.S. also recently reinforced the embassy in the Iraqi capital with a contingent of U.S. Marines from a crisis response task force based in Kuwait. The Force Protection levels for all U.S. military forces in the Central Command area of operations have been increased within the last 24 hours.
The protection level was raised from Force Protection level “Bravo” to “Charlie,” which applies “when a terrorist or hostile act incident occurs within the commander’s area of interest or intelligence is received indicating a hostile act, some form of terrorist action or targeting DoD elements, personnel, or facilities.”
The deployment of U.S. troops comes after reported intense threats from the Iranian government of a “harsh revenge” for the killing of Soleimani. It’s also been reported that counter terrorism officials are already on the lookout for possible retaliatory actions from Iran and the regime’s various options for reprisal attacks against the U.S.
Roommates, what are your thoughts on this?
