{"id":3011,"date":"2026-01-26T10:46:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/?p=3011"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:46:34","slug":"the-persistence-of-an-unwinnable-war%c2%b9-24-jan-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/?p=3011","title":{"rendered":"The Persistence of an Unwinnable War\u00b9, 24 Jan 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The U.S. military is rapidly expanding its footprint in the Middle East, moving additional fighter aircraft, ships, air defense, and support assets into the region\u00b2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is in the Indian Ocean and will soon enter the U.S. 5th Fleet\/Central Command AOR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Three F-15E Strike Eagle squadrons now forward deployed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Increased KC-135 and C-17 flights supporting the buildup<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Patriot and THAAD air defense systems reportedly en route<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/ggtvstreams\/p\/the-persistence-of-an-unwinnable?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1sxk3k<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2014469668644196498<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The U.S. military is rapidly expanding its footprint in the Middle East, moving additional fighter aircraft, ships, air defense, and support assets into the region\u00b2. – The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is in the Indian Ocean and will soon enter the U.S. 5th Fleet\/Central Command AOR – Three F-15E Strike Eagle squadrons now forward deployed – Increased KC-135 and C-17 flights supporting the buildup – Patriot and THAAD air defense systems reportedly en route 1. https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/ggtvstreams\/p\/the-persistence-of-an-unwinnable?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1sxk3k 2. https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2014469668644196498<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-studies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3015,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions\/3015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopoliticsamongstates.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}