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US deploys second aircraft carrier as Israeli ground invasion of Gaza nears (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because it's presumably cheaper to park an aircraft carrier in the area than to take the economic impact at home that an escalation would lead to (due to rising oil prices etc.)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

It's not cheaper for the country, but it is more profitable to the private military contractors