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Biden wasted over $300 million and two months, put the lives of American soldiers to set up a pier that was supposed to provide a permanent port to move materials in and out of Gaza. I argued at the time that it was meant to be a ‘Trojan Pier” that would lock Israel out of the process.
While administration officials describe the pier as “temporary”, a senior official also admitted that “we look forward to the port transitioning to a commercially operated facility over time.”
That means it’s not actually meant to be temporary, but a permanent port for the terrorists.
That looks like it won’t be happening because the whole JLOTS setup didn’t account for the weather.
Portions of the floating pier already had to be brought to the Israeli port of Ashdod after stormy weather. And now portions of the pier have broken off and need to be taken in for repairs. Some US Navy vessels were also apparently beached. 3 soldiers were reportedly injured while one remains in critical condition. And the only end result of the pier was a lot of damage and some limited supplies delivered to Hamas.
The damage, first reported by NBC News, occurred three days after heavy seas forced two small US Army vessels to beach in Israel, according to US Central Command, while another two vessels broke free of their moorings and were anchored near the pier.
“I believe most of our soldiers were able to remain on the vessels and still are currently on them,” Singh said during Tuesday’s Pentagon press briefing. “And … within the next 24 or 48 hours, the Israeli Navy will be helping push those vessels back and hopefully they’ll be fully operational by then.”
Biden was planning to bring in “partner nations”, but the only partners were the Israelis who provided security and now repair and rescue, to bail out the whole mess.
The whole experiment perfectly captures Biden’s worst-of-both-worlds approach to conflicts. He tries to intervene while outsourcing the actual work to some sort of ‘partner’ nations. We know how that’s working out in Ukraine and it’s working out even worse in Israel where his reliance on Egypt and Qatar proved disastrous.
The only actual reliable partner in this story is Israel. And Biden keeps working against Israel.
john blackman says
just leave it to wash up on the beach . why the israelis are bailing out biden is a mystery . another biden botch . more american lives at risk for failed feckless biden .
FJB says
CRAM air defence went into the sea. Soon we might be over a billion dollars all for a Joe Biden get out the vote in Michigan.
Your tax dollars at work.
JLOTS is for a sea state of 1 or 2. the Sea State in that area is often 3. Screwballs are going to keep repairing it until November
Algorithmic Analyst says
Very good Daniel. Even in the Mediterranean Sea weather is a problem. I’ve read so often in naval history how fleets and such were destroyed in the Med.
The Pacific is so huge that waves can build up to being very large, bigger than the Atlantic waves. And the Atlantic waves are bigger than the Med waves.
Çâşëğ says
Israel must refuse to bail out O’biden junta.
DrLarry says
“Trojan Pier” is right. The Biden administration’s purpose for building the pier is to limit the Israeli’s ability to interdict weapons going to Hamas.
RS says
Another Biden foreign policy blunder, that shouldn’t even be America’s business! Israel will understand what Americans have been stomaching the last 3 years, one blunder after another, with total irrationality.
Kasandra says
If you look up the definition of “Dunning-Kruger Effect” in the dictionary you’ll find a picture of Biden next to it.
Algorithmic Analyst says
Dunning-Kruger was a brilliant insight. I think even animals suffer from it.
SPURWING PLOVER says
Call it Bidens Blunder Pier
BLSinSC says
Actually it might just be a USEFUL item! Imagine the fishing that will result around that artificial REEF!!
Algorithmic Analyst says
Yeah, lots of research has been done about the benefits of artificial reefs. Another example of the poverty of nature, and how much benefits derive from bringing in the artificial reefs.
Kasandra says
I heard a report that Biden was given the pier idea about fifteen minutes before the State of the Union speech in which he announced it. Such a well thought out policy just for votes in Dearborn. This imbecile can’t leave office soon enough.
Jan VI says
“Never underestimate Joe’s ability to f**k things up.”
–Barry Denham