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The reported deployment has driven speculation that the US is directly involved in the Israel-Iran war.

The US has reportedly deployed more than 30 aerial refueling tankers across the Atlantic toward the Middle East, Military Watch Magazine reported on Monday. The outlet has described the buildup as “unprecedented,” claiming it could suggest broader US involvement in the ongoing Israeli-Iranian war.

West Jerusalem and Tehran have entered the fourth day of open hostilities. Last Thursday, Israeli forces launched airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and military targets, killing senior military officials and scientists and prompting retaliatory missile barrages on Israeli cities such as Tel Aviv and Haifa.

The US has expressed support for the Israeli strikes, with President Donald Trump calling them “excellent.” He has also warned that Washington could become directly involved in the conflict if American interests are threatened but has yet to announce any plans to involve US forces.

However, according to flight tracking data, the US has already started deploying KC-135 and KC-46 aerial refueling tankers to the Middle East. Military Watch Magazine has suggested that the aircraft may be intended to support Israeli Air Force operations or refuel US fighters and bombers if Washington expands its role in the conflict.

The report also claims that tankers from other Western countries have participated in Israeli aerial refueling efforts, while the US is believed to have provided intelligence, satellite targeting data, and missile defense support.

On Sunday, Axios reported that Israeli officials had asked the US to directly take part in the military operation, specifically requesting assistance in striking Iran’s Fordow enrichment facility. However, US officials cited by the outlet said the request was declined, with one stating that the Trump administration is not considering any such involvement.

Nevertheless, Tehran has claimed that Washington’s support for West Jerusalem has made the US complicit in Israel’s aggression against Iran. Sources within the Iranian military have also reportedly indicated that Tehran’s response to Israeli strikes would “spread to all areas occupied by this [Israeli] regime and related US bases in the region in the coming days.”

In response, Trump has warned that any Iranian attack on US forces would trigger a military response, writing on his Truth Social platform that “if we are attacked in any way, shape, or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the US Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before.” He also insisted that the US “had nothing to do with the attack on Iran” and called on Tehran to return to negotiations.

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    • No they will go to Russia. Europe is an ennemy of Iran. Daily brain washing propaganda against Iran and Russia as well.
      And as an european, i am too old now to leave as nearing the 80, but i would go to russia as well if i were younger
      Europe is becoming really dreadfull

    • Thats their whole Zionist plan bro. Destabilise the Middle East, flood western countries with the displaced millions. Cause division in those countries between christians and muslims. Control the media and White House. Loot the oil.

  1. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently changed the entry requirement into Russia, as you no longer have to speak Russian, BUT you must out of common sense and courtesy to the Russian People learn the language, and classes have been set-up to do just that!
    Many Americans now live in Russia, and many persecuted persons have sought permanent political asylum there.
    Putin is NOT the bad guy, and neither are the Russian People. They are demonised by the West because the West is run by Israel.
    https://rumble.com/v630upq-60-minutes-israeli-mossad-agent-reveals-how-they-orchestrate-terrorism.html
    The Zionist J3w$ have been trying to re-take what they lost in 1991, and all of the players who are enabling this are J3w$, like the past Executive Branch members to the last 6 U.S. ‘Presidents’.
    Zionism is Communism, and the J3w$ murdered 65 million Russian Orthodox Christians between 1917- 1956.
    The U.S.A. hasn’t been that in reality since 1913; it used to be the United States of Judea, but is now the United States of Israel.
    It will continue to be that until Civil War Two, and the nukes demolish major cities.
    Between the planned wars, J3wi$h-orchestrated vaccinations, chem-trails, bad food, and infrastructures being destroyed, we do not have long to wait.
    This is why New Zealand does not neet to be a participant of Western Zionist operations, and need to declare Neutrality while arming the public for repelling potential invasions.
    Peters & Collins need to pay attention, and Luxon along with Seymour needs to go!

    • @bad goy boy

      Mossad video has been erased as usual. The ” ghetto” ( that is a prefered way of association for criminals : to stay among themselves, like the ” cour des miracles” in Paris of 16 and 17 century) is watching and spying as usual

  2. The picture of the blackened USAF Coat of Arms; is this from being partly carbonised and radioactive from a nuke on U.S. soil?
    These tankers can be easily lasered out of the sky by laser weapons from both warships and space satellites in LEO.

  3. Trumps administratin is every inch as bad as Bidens or Harris, for that matter. US voters, sick of wasteful wars, were hoodwinked. If I were ol orange hair, I’d be concerned about what this means back home.

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