The US State Department on Friday authorized non-emergency personnel and the family members of those stationed in Israel to leave the country due to “safety risks,” with US Ambassador Mike Huckabee reportedly telling embassy staff that if they want to leave Israel, they “should do so TODAY.”
The embassy’s call for non-emergency staff to depart, issued in a security alert, “will likely result in high demand for airline seats today,” Huckabee wrote in an email to staffers in Israel, according to The New York Times. “Focus on getting a seat to anyplace from which you can then continue travel to DC, but the first priority will be getting expeditiously out of country.”
“There is no need to panic,” Huckabee continued, “but for those desiring to leave, it’s important to make plans to depart sooner rather than later.”
My opinion is that the entire Iran conflict is yet another market manipulation, and that this crisis exists only to make money.
Yes, there are many people who want war for several reasons, but this is no different than the USA tariffs and will be used to manipulate the stock market.
Once the scam is done, the White House will declare a diplomatic breakthrough. Or maybe they will make money off the timing of that too?
Israel got the US to do the 12 day war. They might just get Trump to do another Iraq.
The armed forces aren’t going to like being jerked around like that.
It’s never really bugged them before.
Some won’t. Some will be eager to have something to shoot at. No one talks about it much but I’d imagine the esprit de corps of several services are being tested something fierce right now.