This chart is not encouraging lol

What Barak Ravid and most news outlets have been calling a sanction against IDF Netzah Yehuda unit is incorrect (except for Brett Murphy who broke story at ProPublica) It’s not an added punitive manner. It is enforcement of Leahy Law. This thread by my colleague explains it.

Can we get a live look Jeffrey?

It would seem US hostilities with Iran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria have resumed.

Another 2024 headline for the time capsule

US operation to defend Israel over the past week cost $1 billion. Outrageous or worth it? Nothing's discounted when it comes to the Pentagon.

defenseone.com/threats/2024/0…

🚨 Rhetoric update: “temporary ceasefire” has been replaced with “prolonged ceasefire”

Thanks for this “diverse viewpoint” NYT, something I can’t get anywhere else (besides the White House, most of Congress and the entire intelligence community)

[Trump voice] baby bird Barak, the lightweight reporter from Hackxsios

1. Not a sanction
2. Such a plea puts in doubt the binding agreement in place between Israel and the U.S. that Israel will cut assistance to units prohibited under the Leahy laws
3. Still unanswered question whether this unit even currently receives granted U.S. assistance

Q: Israel wants to do a military operation in Rafah. When do you expect to have any updates about their plan?

PENTAGON: That's really a question for the Israelis to address.

Q: Do you have any update on the investigation of the Israeli strike against the World Central Kitchen?

PENTAGON: I don't have any updates to provide.

Q: Have you been presented an Israeli plan for an operation in Rafah, whether limited or a major invasion?

PENTAGON: At this point there's been discussions —ongoing technical discussions — in terms of enabling the Israelis to understand the key points that we're making and

Q: The Israelis have made significant preparations to evacuate roughly a million people out of Rafah ahead of a potential invasion. Can you speak to those efforts?

PENTAGON: 'I really can't.'

most passive-aggressive brand name I love it

War has become so normalized within the confines of the U.S. national security apparatus that we don’t even consider months-long air campaigns as worthy of the W-word label anymore (see Libya 2011; Red Sea/Yemen 2023-2024). It’s astounding if you think about it.