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# Top US General Says American Troops Should Be Ready To Die For Israel

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same..." This is the oath of enlistment that every American military service member or federal employee takes upon entry into government service (with slight variation for commissioned officers).

With the largest joint U.S.-Israeli air defense exercise ever conducted having recently concluded, which involved over 2,500 American service personnel, and in the midst of heightened Israeli involvement in the Syrian war, we find ourselves asking...

Are US troops ready to fight and to die for America’s Israel's defense? ...We think not, but there are US generals out there enthusiastically promoting the idea.

Brig.-Gen Zvika Haimovitch, the head of the IDF's Aerial Defense Division and US Air Force 3rd AF Commander Lt. Gen. Richard Clark. Image source: Jerusalem Post.

Earlier this month, in the midst of the 9th annual 12-day massive joint exercise named "Juniper Cobra" which was hailed in Israeli media as the largest of its kind, simulating a "battle on three fronts" (namely, Syria-Lebanon-Gaza Strip) US Third Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Richard Clark spelled out just such a scenario wherein US troops could be asked to fight and to die for defense of America Israel - even to the point of being placed under Israeli commanders responsible for battlefield decision making.

While major joint military exercises involving significant troop deployments are nothing new for the US and its allies (Juniper Cobra itself has been conducted annually for nearly a decade), Lt. Gen. Clark's words to Israeli media are truly precedent setting and shocking, especially as he is among the highest ranking military officers in the US armed forces.

It is well worth reading the alarming scenario Gen. Clark laid out while speaking to the Jerusalem Post in its entirety:

> “The United States and Israel enjoy a strong and enduring military-to-military partnership built on a trust that has been developed over decades of cooperation,” said USAF Third Air Force commander Lt.-Gen. Richard Clark, who also serves as the commander for the deploying Joint Task Force – Israel.

> “The Juniper Cobra exercises continue to strengthen this relationship, providing us with the opportunity to bolster interoperability and develop seamless integration with our Israeli partners.”

> According to Clark, the US and Israeli troops will work side-by-side under each other’s relevant chain of command.

But this is where Clark pushes far across the normative "military-to-military partnership" characteristic of joint drills with other allied nations. He says that US troops should be prepared to die for the Jewish State:

> “As far as decision-making, it is a partnership,” he continued, stressing nonetheless that “at the end of the day it is about the protection of Israel – and if there is a question in regards to how we will operate, the last vote will probably go to Zvika [Brig.-Gen. Zvika Haimovitch, head of the IDF's Aerial Defense Division].”

> Washington and Israel have signed an agreement which would see the US come to assist Israel with missile defense in times of war and, according to [Israeli commander] Haimovitch, "I am sure once the order comes we will find here US troops on the ground to be part of our deployment team to defend the State of Israel."

> And those US troops who would be deployed to Israel, are prepared to die for the Jewish state, Clark said. "We are ready to commit to the defense of Israel anytime we get involved in a kinetic fight there is always the risk that there will be casualties. But we accept that - as every conflict we train for and enter, there is always that possibility," he said.

And it appears that both military leaders are in agreement on this point - that they are ready and willing to put US troops in harm's way in pursuit of Israeli defense policy.

Disturbingly, Clark acknowledges willingness for life-and-death battlefield decisions impacting American soldiers to be placed in the hands of the Israeli chain of command in saying: "if there is a question in regards to how we will operate, the last vote will probably go to [Israeli General] Zvika."

While in more stable times in the Middle East, Clark's words might possibly be dismissed as hyperbole and misplaced enthusiasm for "the mission" - his words come as Israel is already actively involved on two fronts: Gaza and Syria. And according to many analysts and reports, including one recently leaked internal Israeli defense memo, Israel is ramping up for devastating engagement along a third front as Tel Aviv continues to view Lebanese Hezbollah to its north as the prime threat to Israeli security.

Should broader war break out between Israel, Hezbollah, Iran, and Syria, will US troops who find themselves working closely with the IDF be forced to obey the commands of Israeli generals, even to the point of death? We can't find anything in the oath of enlistment or the Constitution [federal statute in 10 U.S.C. 502, and based in Article VI of the Constitution] that requires US citizens or soldiers to defend and fight for a foreign nation.

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Bes Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:21 Permalink

and that is what Trump was designed to bring

did you really think you were getting someone else besides

a Zionist

MIC puppet

and

Wall Street Bankster shill

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Stuck on Zero Bes Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:23 Permalink

Israeli leaders likewise said they would gladly allow American soldiers to die for them.

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mobius8curve Stuck on Zero Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:24 Permalink

There is only one Israel worth dying for:

https://sumofthyword.com/2017/12/19/all-israel/

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TahoeBilly2012 mobius8curve Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:25 Permalink

Is it too late to signup?

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TeamDepends TahoeBilly2012 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:29 Permalink

Only if Israeli soldiers are willing to die for, say, the white chick who self-identified as a black female stormtrooper.

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Juggernaut x2 TeamDepends Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:32 Permalink

Lt General Richard Clark- Zio-Ni**er

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gatorengineer Juggernaut x2 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:36 Permalink

If he were only gay and handicapped he would have the iron dome of protection over his ass... a quadruple protected class.

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pier gatorengineer Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:44 Permalink

Yeaaah! Get ready to die for the FAKE HEBREWS.

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JoeSexPack pier Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:49 Permalink

Onward Christian Soldiers = Israeli national anthem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFqzSTBTzCE

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CTacitus pier Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:50 Permalink

Dupe

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CTacitus pier Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:53 Permalink

Let Lt General Clark lead by example and be the first casualty.

What is the secret of Israel starting so many conflicts?

Listen to Bibi: "The secret is we have America"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5hxKh5gCr4

History does rhyme:
https://youtu.be/CxRtPZbE7QE

History of Jewish Influence:
https://youtu.be/X5OauZrkk9o

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ClickNLook pier Mon, 03/19/2018 - 23:00 Permalink

And for the Shebrews too.

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caconhma pier Mon, 03/19/2018 - 23:07 Permalink

The only good news is that US generals are losers. After the WWII, they have not won any single war except in Granada.

Historically, when arm forces lose a war, the domestic stability starts to disintegrate. The post-Vietnam era is a good example.

Trump is a fraud and disgrace. His real occupation is NY slumlord. He is deliberately controversial to hide his real nature and agenda. The funniest thing is that he really expect to be a US President for another 6.5 years.

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Déjà view caconhma Mon, 03/19/2018 - 23:16 Permalink

Sheldon Adelson & radical Zionist IAC...dream come true...

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dirty fingernails caconhma Mon, 03/19/2018 - 23:18 Permalink

Hey, Genada was touch and go at several points. I heard some of the stairs were steep and there were a couple doors they kept pushing on until somebody saw the PULL sign.

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directaction gatorengineer Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:50 Permalink

Die for Israel? The leader of the Great Satan?

I'd rather apply for political asylum in North Korea.

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ClickNLook Juggernaut x2 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:37 Permalink

Lt. Gen. Richard Clark seems to have a dick growing from his (sorry, assuming his gender) head on this picture. Caption makes itself...

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monk27 ClickNLook Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:53 Permalink

What would you expect from a "visible minority" kind of general who's career in the military is most probably owed to positive discrimination and mandatory racial quotas ?

I don't think I'll thank him for his service...

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MagicHandPuppet Juggernaut x2 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:38 Permalink

"Shhhhhhh!!! That's enough, already. We need more cannon fodder goy to enlist - and this kind of hysteria may scare them off like a frightened little pack of hillside hare. Oy vey!"

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runswithscissors Juggernaut x2 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 23:00 Permalink

If Gen Cluck wants to sacrifice his nigger ass for the zionist state of israhell...that's fine with me, but I won't send my kids or yours to die for these satan worshiping jews

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BrigstockBoy mobius8curve Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:32 Permalink

I tried your link but it's a bit daunting. Give us the condensed version.

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gregga777 Stuck on Zero Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:28 Permalink

You know what the Israelis say, "The idea is not for (Jews) Israelis to die fighting for Israel; the idea is to get Americans to die fighting for Israel."

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bruno_the gregga777 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:44 Permalink

irony

Roughly 20 percent of Israel's population was born in Russia

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Jack Oliver Stuck on Zero Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:45 Permalink

What we need is more Israel ‘Fisters’ NOT ‘Firsters’ !

Double strength latex gloves that come up to your FUCKING armpits - will be supplied FREE !

Now - sign me up !!!

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FBaggins Stuck on Zero Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:57 Permalink

After two world wars and all the Middle East wars plus the robbing and bleeding of virtual every nation on the planet mainly through the machinations of the Rothschild financial cabal, Americans are to die again for the plundering, give-me-an-inch-and-take-a-mile Zio-Nazi cause.

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curbjob Bes Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:27 Permalink

Why the surprise ?

"I know what America is. America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. They won't get in our way"

Benjamin Netanyahu 2010

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curbjob curbjob Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:43 Permalink

Did you ask ?

"For 22 years you have had presidents and the American people ask for the embassy to be moved, and no president -- not Clinton, not Bush, not Obama -- actually had the courage to make that move and listen to the will of the American people"

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley Dec 2017

Yup. Me neither.

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Lost in translation curbjob Mon, 03/19/2018 - 23:07 Permalink

Bought a gift copy of The Essential Saker for the pastor of a Baptist church I attended until two years ago (when I quit all churches, everywhere). He scoffed at/mocked the contents, for the most part.

On the subject of US wars in MENA I remarked, “preaching in support of America’s wars is a dreadful mistake. There is zero Constitutional basis for our illegal wars there, the direct beneficiary of which is Israel.”

”So?” he asked.

”So,” I replied, “the generational character of these illegal wars may very well mean that one day, your grandson [then 10 years old] will be drafted and sent to fight them.”

”Yeah maybe, but what’s the problem?”

”You’re ok with Robby dying for Israel?”

”Should I not be?”

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I quit all churches a week or so later.

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Boris Badenov Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:22 Permalink

Oh no. So sorry, will not do.

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Yen Cross Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:23 Permalink

Well, I think it's okay to be 14 after a hunter safety course, to own a rifle or shotgun.

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Aubiekong Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:25 Permalink

Hell no, Israel can defend themselves or die trying. Bring our troops home...

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ClickNLook Aubiekong Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:43 Permalink

Die trying?
Haven’t you heard of the Samson Option (ברירת שמשון)?

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Juggernaut x2 ClickNLook Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:49 Permalink

Which is, of course, total BS

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NoDebt Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:25 Permalink

Look on the bright side of this. At least you don't have to guess whose side we're on any more or resort to conspiracy theory or conjecture. All the cards are on the table now. We back Israel and the Saudis, period. The Israelis tell us what to do and that's the end of the story.

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D.T.Barnum NoDebt Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:37 Permalink

I don't understand. Please hold up a diagram of a cartoon bomb so a lowly mudman servant like myself can grasp this concept. Thank you, master.

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gatorengineer NoDebt Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:38 Permalink

FULL OPEN KIMONO and the sheep ignore it.

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TeamDepends NoDebt Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:42 Permalink

Whadduya mean we, Kimogoyi?

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Dr. Bonzo Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:26 Permalink

USS Liberty says FUCK YOU to Lt. General Treason.

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CourtOfAtom Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:26 Permalink

Why the hell not? Many "leaders" in the US have dual citizenship...why the F not?

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chippers Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:27 Permalink

This is news? Its been happening for a long time.

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Bam_Man Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:27 Permalink

They should just be ready to die....period.

That is what you sign up for.

That is what I signed up for, as a "leg" Infantry Platoon Leader, several decades ago.

But nowadays, for what?

To prolong the shelf-life of the fiat Dollar. Nothing more.

And people are shocked and bewildered when they hear about the veterans' suicide rates.

The final days of Empire are not pretty ones.

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freedom1798 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:28 Permalink

U S soldiers have been dying for Israel since the beginning of the Iraq War.

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Implied Violins freedom1798 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:51 Permalink

Actually - I seem to remember a ship somewhere that took some flak around the time some war lasting six days or so happened, where some patriots died to these MOTHERFUCKERS...

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HoserF16 Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:29 Permalink

Fuck Israel and that General is a Moron. Nuff said.

No wait; that Douche Bag 3-Star should Die for Israel. YAY

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BrigstockBoy Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:29 Permalink

No one should die for Israel except Israelis. Israel is not a theocracy. Its government isn't guided by religious principles. It's the most secularized state in the Middle East and one of the most secularized nations in the world. It's a moral wasteland.

Win/Gallup end of year surveys in 2015 and 2016 illustrate that Israelis are one of the least religious groups of people in the world. I refuse to believe they're God's chosen people.

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Toxicosis Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:30 Permalink

Fuck you! Die for your own fucking country. No we won't sacrifice our own people cause we're the arrogant chosen ones. Time to light em up!!

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ClickNLook Toxicosis Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:45 Permalink

Weren’t they chosen by G-d to be punished?

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pizdowitz Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:32 Permalink

Never thought I would ever hear that. Keep stirring.

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I am Groot Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:33 Permalink

Fuck that shit. Everyone in the Middle East belongs in an oven set to broil.

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European American Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:34 Permalink

Die for the racist Chosen Ones, lower than donkeys goys!

We've been dying for those zionist bitch fuckers ever since they invented usury.

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