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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 20
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      The US had to withdraw combat forces from Saudi Arabia in 2003 after waves of popular backlash, but it's now sending them back 16 years later because putting lives on the line for an Al Qaeda-funding radical Islamist theocracy is truly putting America First™

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 20
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      The current claimed figure is 500 troops but you should automatically assume that's a lowball number designed to head off any perception of a massive deployment. (Although 500 troops would be considered a massive deployment most places in the world, in the US it barely registers)

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        1. MisanthropicSeptic‏ @MisanthropicUSA Jul 20
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          If the Syria deployment is an example, then there will be some hundreds more that aren't mentioned.

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        1. #NoElitists2020‏ @bearsandgiants Jul 20
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          #RuleOf10. It's probably 5,000

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        1. Baber‏ @BaberRaza1 Jul 20
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          Yup. Let’s go do our ‘freedoms’ thang in Saudia.

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        1. Enemy of Promise‏ @EnemyPromise Jul 20
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          I wouldn't say 500 is massive - only just the size of regular infantry battalion, I believe. Though, as you say, it's likely to be only the beginning of a larger deployment in the near future.

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        1. sari mason‏ @alexmenachin Jul 20
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          Politics, foreign & domestic, make strange bedfellows

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        1. Skeets‏ @Skeets54641044 Jul 20
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          And yet again, money that could go to roads or schools goes to MIC.

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        1. The Conservative Socialist‏ @The_Cons666 Jul 20
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          Truth!

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        1. Jeffrey A Nolan‏ @JeffreyANolan1 Jul 20
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          Each one gets his own C5-A... for his duffle, and some other stuff, maybe a few buddies... 5,000 is more like it. I can't wait to see how this turns out. I got a square on the pool that says there won't be a place to stand on Earth where you will NOT see a mushroom cloud.

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        1. Peter Roman‏ @TsarKastik Jul 20
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          Rule of thumb is two support contractors for every soldier (though Saudis might provide some of that support). Disgraceful move.

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        1. Joe Mills  ⭐️  ⭐️  ⭐️  🇺🇸‏ @JoeMill73489060 Jul 20
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          Why are we doing this? I imagine Saudi Arabia has enough forces and fortifications to protect itself from any external attack, and if it doesn't, it could quickly buy them.

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        1. AmbireSeiche‏ @AmbireSeiche Jul 20
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          500 + private contractors = anybody's guess

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        1. TCOB‏ @TCOB17 Jul 20
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          One of Bin Laden’s motivations for 9/11 was that foreign infidel soldiers (U.S.) were on Muslim lands. Have we this quickly forgotten? Just because we can do it; doesn’t mean we should.

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        1. FedoraShaman  🏴‏ @FedoraShaman Jul 20
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          Yemen is the one who will pay the price for our support of terrorism and genocide as the US stands with Saudi Arabia. It's disgusting.

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        1. BCSportsFans‏ @BCSportsFans Jul 20
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          They are preparing the site for the return of the air wing that was based there in the past. Once the site is ready, there will be 5-7 thousand personnel.

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