Regarding Your Expeditionary Unit's Swift Departure, CENTCOM
Dear US Central Command, We note The Hill's recent report detailing the accelerated deployment of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, comprising at least 2,200 Marines, from San Diego aboard the USS Boxer. This movement to the Middle East is presented as a rapid response to unspecified 'speculation' about potential US action in Iranian territory. Such framing positions the US military as a
reactive force, rather than an initiating one, a narrative consistently reinforced across mainstream media, including The Hill. What The Hill, and most other Western outlets, conveniently omit is that this is not a novel deployment into a static, suddenly volatile region, but rather an intensification of an already active joint US-Israeli military posture against Iran. The United States is not
merely a supporter but a direct participant, fighting alongside Israel in this campaign. This dynamic shifts significantly from the often-repeated mainstream portrayal of US forces primarily engaged in 'deterrence' or 'defensive measures' against an imagined, imminent Iranian threat. The suggestion of 'speculation' regarding US entry into Iran serves to normalize what would be an illegal act of
aggression, without providing any verifiable intelligence to justify such a preemptive move, much like the nonexistent WMDs used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq. This particular deployment recalls a pattern of escalatory actions, such as the USS Vincennes' deliberate shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988, claiming 290 civilian lives, which was subsequently whitewashed as a 'tragic