FRIDAY PDB – And it is doing the unprecedented by asking that U.S. military advisors do the training on Mexican soil. Mexico president asks lawmakers to let US military trainers into Mexico.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has requested permission from the Mexican Senate to allow a group of U.S. troops to enter the country to train Mexican special forces in early 2024.
The presence of U.S. military personnel on Mexican soil has long been a sensitive issue in Mexico, which lost much of its territory to the U.S. due to war in the 1840s and endured U.S. military incursions in the early 20th century.
The 11 personnel named in the letter belong to the U.S. Army's 7th Special Forces Group, an elite unit that has operated in Iraq and Afghanistan and often trains foreign troops.
The U.S. troops are expected to arrive in Mexico with their own weapons, ammunition and equipment, the Senate letter added.
APPARENTLY ELEVATED TALK IN THE U.S. OF TAKING MILITARY ACTION AGAINST THE CARTELS IS MOTIVATING AMLO TO ALLOW U.S. TO WORK THROUGH MEXICO'S MILITARY.
BUT CAN THEY BE TRUSTED?
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here's a roundup of today's other top defense stories from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President's Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL'S DAILY BRIEFING – the PDB:
ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST TERROR
Warplanes hit targets in Gaza as Israel resumes offensive, warning of attacks to come in south. This, minutes after a weeklong truce expired on Friday. Israel dropped leaflets over parts of southern Gaza urging people to leave their homes, suggesting it was preparing to widen its offensive.
INFORMATION WARFARE
Video game footage falsely shared as US military plane crash in Afghanistan. The widely shared footage of a plane crash viewed thousands of times on social media makes false claim that it shows a US military plane plummeting to the ground in Afghanistan. The clip came from a video game called Digital Combat Simulator.
POLITICS
A toned-down defense bill is looking likely. That could hurt GOP Speaker Johnson. Conservatives are losing patience with the new speaker, and if their provisions are stripped from the bill, things could get worse.
Army vet, 94, kicked out of NYC nursing home to make room for migrants. The vet is blasting his Staten Island assisted living home for kicking him out then cutting a deal to welcome migrants — saying it's “not fair” he was sent packing.
Slain Marine's family fails to win lawsuit against Alec Baldwin. A lawsuit against the actor filed by relatives of Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan, has been resolved.
PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
POLITICIZED WITCH HUNT – Extremism stand-down checked a box with no lasting result, critics say. While some saw no reason for the training and believed it ignited division among the ranks, others thought it didn't go far enough.
NATIONAL SECURITY
Military to curtail recruiting and duty station moves if Congress resorts to a yearlong stopgap budget, Joint Chiefs chairman warns. Military personnel funding would have a $5.8 billion shortfall if Congress does not pass a regular full-year Pentagon spending bill for this fiscal year.
Looming deadline to extend warrantless surveillance powers sparks congressional scramble. And whether they do a short-term bill or a full reauthorization that several committees are vying to dictate, leaders are eyeing doing so through the must-pass defense policy bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Audits show the Pentagon's numbers aren't adding up. “…we have three million people on our payrolls; a health-care system that serves more than nine million troops, retirees, and family members; and assets that are worth more than those of the ten largest U.S. companies combined.”
HOMELAND DEFENSE
Homeland missile defense is a ‘must pay' bill. Nested within that pending overarching government budget are a myriad of priorities and “must pay” bills, but none is more important than the defense of the homeland against rogue nations' intercontinental ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and hypersonic weapons.
HOMELAND SECURITY
UNBELIEVABLE – Border Patrol agents can resume cutting wire barrier placed at Texas border by Guard troops. Federal agents can resume cutting the barrier after a judge on Wednesday ruled against a request from the state of Texas to stop them from doing so.
CHINA THREAT
Marine Corps looks at ocean glider for rapid resupply to fight China. With speeds of 180 miles per hour, the seaglider could fill a known gap in the Marines' high-speed logistics mission in the Pacific.
Philippines opens a coast guard surveillance base in the South China Sea to watch Chinese vessels. The new monitoring base is on a remote island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea as Manila ramps up efforts to counter China's increasing aggression.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says the war with Russia is in a new phase as winter looms. Winter is expected to complicate fighting after a summer counteroffensive that failed to produce desired results due to enduring shortages of weapons and ground forces.
IRAN THREAT
House passes bill to permanently freeze $6B in Iranian funds. This would force Team Biden to permanently freeze funds it had opened to Iran earlier this year in exchange for the release of five American detainees.
Deploy the Precision Strike Missile to the Middle East. The US Army is about to get its hands on a brand-new long-range strike capability. Two analysts explain where it's desperately needed.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
S. Korea spy satellite to lift off at Vandenberg days after N. Korea launches one. It will launch its inaugural homemade reconnaissance satellite on Dec. 2 from the California Space Force Base.
SPACE THREAT
US Space Force postpones launch of secretive X-37B space plane to Dec. 10. Based on the rocket it's riding on, the secretive spacecraft is likely launching farther than ever before.
US POWER OVERSEAS
First US submarine repairs in Australia scheduled for summer. The Navy will use the sub tender Emory S. Land, with 30 Australian sailors embarked to learn how to repair the Virginia class of submarine.
Marines, soldiers fire first shots at state-of-the-art gun range complex on Guam. Bullets are already blasting down a still-under-construction gun-range complex for troops stationed at the newest base in the Marine Corps.
Japan ‘concerned' US continues to fly Ospreys despite grounding request. The U.S. military is still flying V-22 tiltrotor aircraft despite Japan's request to ground them until their safety is confirmed after a fatal crash this week.
US MILITARY
Lawmakers urge Air Force to shift fighters to guard, reserve squadrons. They worry that if A-10s at Guard bases in Maryland and Michigan retire without a replacement, those squadrons could lose their fighter missions.
USS Indianapolis teams with drones to destroy boat in Persian Gulf exercise. A Navy littoral combat ship (LCS) coordinated with unmanned vessels and a flying drone to destroy a target boat during the drill.
Air Force colonels to mourn suicide victim whose father sought Pentagon presence. The service's most senior leaders won't be at the memorial service next week for a young airman who died by suicide, after a desperate plea from his father to have the service's top brass in attendance.
Traumatic memories associated with PTSD ‘live' in a different part of the brain than other recollections, study finds. The brain processes traumatic memories associated with PTSD differently than regular memories — a finding that could explain why PTSD trauma recollections feel so intrusive.
END of PDB
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