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we spoke to brendan kearney — a retired colonel with the us marine corps — who gave this assessment ofthe united states was fortunate enough to have the gerald ford carrier battle group already in the med when all sadly started here over a week ago. it will still take eight to ten days for this new carrier battle group to get there. it is also going to take about the same amount of time for a marine amphibious ready group to come from the persian gulf, sail up from the series committee will still take eight to ten days for this new carrier battle group to get there. it is also going to take about the same amount of time for a marine amphibious ready group to come from the persian gulf, sail up from the series, to also get to the us air force aircraft that have already been pre—positioned in the far east that. so it is a build—up of forces but it is prudent, it is probably a wise move on the part of the american administration. again, putting forces over there and putting forces over there and putting them in a position where, if you have to use them, they are available. i do not think

earlier i spoke to the military expert and retired colonel brendan kearney who served 31 years with theaction to this latest attack in ukraine. this was a continuation of what we have seen since this war began. which is russia going ahead and targeting installations, villages, towns, portions of cities that have no military value whatsoever. a small little village, the only bad part in terms of its fate is that it happens to be close to the front lines. but there is still no reason that it should have been targeted. this is a crime against humanity. that is what the un has been saying as well, colonel. it that is what the un has been saying as well, colonel.— as well, colonel. it does not surprise _ as well, colonel. it does not surprise me. _ as well, colonel. it does not surprise me. the _ as well, colonel. it does not surprise me. the un - as well, colonel. it does not surprise me. the un should| as well, colonel. it does not. surprise me. the un should say it and have set in the past and hopefully they will keep saying it. it does not seem to be impacting putin and his henchmen and

earlier we spoke to brendan kearney — a retired colonel with the us marine corps — who gave this assessmentthey're all prudent moves. the united states was fortunate enough to have the gerald ford carrier battle group already in the med when all this, sadly, started here over a week ago. it's still going to take 8 to 10 days for this new carrier battle group to get there. and it's also going to take about the same amount of time for a marine amphibious ready group to come from the persian gulf, sail up through the suez to also get to the eastern med. and they willjoin us aircraft, us air force aircraft, that have already been pre—positioned in the far east there. so, it's...it�*s a build—up of forces, but it's prudent. it's probably a wise move on the part of the american administration. i think, again, putting the forces over there and putting them in a position where if you have to use them, they are available. i don't think there's any preconceived decision on the part of the united states government to go ahead and get involved in this conflict. we've managed to stay out of most of them

earlier, we spoke to brendan kearney, a retired colonel with the us marine corps, who gave this assessmentall prudent moves. the united states was fortunate enough to have the gerald ford carrier battle group already in the med when all this, sadly, started here over a week ago. it's still going to take 8 to 10 days for this new carrier battle group to get there. and it's also going to take about the same amount of time for a marine amphibious ready group to come from the persian gulf, sail up through the suez to also get to the eastern med. and they willjoin us aircraft, us air force aircraft, that have already been pre—positioned in the far east there. so, it's...it�*s a build—up of forces, but it's prudent. it's probably a wise move on the part of the american administration. i think, again, putting the forces over there and putting them in a position where if you have to use them, they are available. i don't think there's any preconceived decision on the part of the united states government to go ahead and get involved in this conflict. we've managed to stay out of most of them over th

earlier i spoke to brendan kearney, a retired colonel with the us marine corps.s a build—up of forces but it's prudent. it's probably a wise move on the start of the american administration. colonel, why is that? realistically, is this just a military muscle flexing or would the us take military action in this region? i think it's both, to be honest with you. i think putting the forces over there and putting them in a position where if you have to use them, they are available. i don't think there's any preconceived decision on the part of the united states government to go ahead and get involved in this conflict. we have managed to stay out of most of them over the years when it comes to israel and these periodic conflicts with the arab nations, and certainly with hamas and hezbollah. but if it comes to that, by having these forces there, the united states is going to be able to launch a very, very powerful strike about whether it is hamas, hezbollah, obviously sending a message to the group that in charge of both of them, which is resident in iran right now. fin