Political Theater: Biden To Send 8,000 Guard Troops To Inauguration

PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Without any reasonable threat – Nearly 8,000 National Guard troops requested to support presidential inauguration Jan. 20. The Secret Service is the lead agency for the inauguration.

Once approved, the troops will join 500 Guard troops already approved to support security operations during the counting and certification of electoral votes on Monday.

The 2025 presidential inauguration was designated a “national special security event” by the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. This allows the federal government, as well as state and local partners, to funnel significant resources to ensure a robust security is in place.

However, as Trump prepares to return to office, no violence, protests or procedural objections in Congress are expected this time.

SO, WHAT’S THE POINT OF THIS MASSIVE OVERKILL? ANSWER: POLITICAL THEATER.

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here’s a roundup of today’s other top defense stories ending the week from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.

Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEFING – the PDB:    

HOMELAND SECURITY

Biden transfers 11 terrorist prisoners out of Guantánamo Bay, sending them to Oman.

Man behind New Year’s attack visited New Orleans before, recorded video with smart glasses. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a former soldier, was inspired by the Islamic State terror group.. He also traveled to Cairo and Canada before the attack although it was not yet clear whether those trips were connected to the attack

POLITICS

The US Air Force VC-25 aircraft commonly known as ‘Air Force One’ to transport Carter for state funeral before he is laid to rest Jan. 9 after a multiday state funeral that began on Jan. 4.

Carter remains to travel by horse-drawn caisson from Navy Memorial to lie in state at the Capitol.

GOP Homeland Security chair: Drone bill empowering local authorities to take down drones is a “number one” priority in the next Congress.

WOKE WATCH

NO UPGRADES – THEY LIED – LGBTQ+ advocates on Monday reached an agreement with Defense Department officials for an overhaul of discharge upgrade policies designed to help veterans previously booted from the military under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

US POWER OVERSEAS

Eased tensions and only so many ships: Navy reduces patrol presence in Mediterranean to its lowest in years, an indication the service is feeling the pinch of sustaining the fleet following long overseas deployments.

Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers will deploy to the Middle East for a year in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led military mission set up a decade ago to combat Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria.

New York Army National Guard soldiers prepare for 10-month deployment to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.

IRAN THREAT/ISRAEL WARS

US military led strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in the past week resulted in the capture of an ISIS leader but caused the death of a non-U.S. coalition soldier and injured two non-US personnel.

Red Sea missile and drone barrages from Houthi rebels in Yemen are testing Combat Information Centers aboard US Navy warships like never before.

CAN’T HIDE! – Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was killed last year inside his war operations room, aide says.

Israeli soldiers face growing risk of arrest abroad after Gaza service. A former Israeli soldier on vacation in Brazil fled the country suddenly after a case was brought against him there alleging he was responsible for war crimes.

CHINA THREAT

Taiwan coast guard blames Chinese-owned ship for cutting undersea communications cable off the Taiwanese coast recently.

Pentagon adds Chinese social media giant to military blacklist. Tencent’s shares plunged nearly 10 percent after it was designated a military company. The Chinese battery manufacturer CATL was also added to the list.

An amphibious assault ship that also launches and lands jets? China now has one. Unveiling a new class of vessel meant to land troops on shore then provide them air cover, China debuts the Sichuan.

Has China’s secret H-20 stealth bomber broken cover? Imagery has appeared on Chinese social media of a new large combat aircraft, apparently making a test flight. The US Department of Defense just recently predicted the bomber would not debut for years.

RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR

Russia will send advanced space tech to North Korea and could also soon accept Pyongyang as a nuclear weapons power.

Russia claims it captured another wrecked town in eastern Ukraine, the stronghold of Kurakhove, but Kyiv’s troops say the fight continues.

NORTH KOREA THREAT

What to know about the siege outside South Korea’s presidential compound. A standoff between rival government forces outside the presidential compound in South Korea has been a startling development, even within the country’s famously rough and tumble politics.

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

Japan facing most complex security environment since World War II, due to threats from China, Russia, North Korea and instability in the Middle East.

Japan to acquire 1,200 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles to help counter threats in the Indo-Pacific region.

Macron affirms Trump has ‘solid ally’ in France, while warning that France could lose the incoming US leader’s respect by being “weak and defeatist”. He also urges realism from Ukraine over territory.

US MILITARY

The Navy is now officially using “Murder Hornet” to refer to F/A-18E/F fighters armed with five AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and four AIM-9X Sidewinders.

END of PDB

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