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PREVIEW: #GAZA: #US: Excerpt from a conversation with FDD's Jonathan Schanzer re the risks of the proposed floating dock off the Gaza beach -- a construction that will include at some point up to one thousand US military and contractor personnel -- and in

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 12 March 2024

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PREVIEW: #GAZA: #US: Excerpt from a conversation with FDD's Jonathan Schanzer re the risks of the proposed floating dock off the Gaza beach -- a construction that will include at some point up to one thousand US military and contractor personnel -- and introdue the possibility of smuggling in weapons and explosives. More of this later.

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0:00.0

Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. This is John Bachelor.

0:18.6

This is John Bachelor.

0:19.8

Conversation with the Foundation

0:21.6

for the Defense of Democracy is Jonathan Schanser

0:24.8

about the proposal by the United States for a floating dock off of the beaches of Gaza

0:31.2

in order to resupply the Gazans up to 2 million meals a day.

0:36.7

What can go wrong and why?

0:38.8

And what this means for the larger conflict now underway in Gaza and throughout the region.

0:45.8

What can go wrong and why includes the decision and announcement that there will be a thousand

0:50.9

military personnel on the scene to construct the dock and to provide what

0:56.6

appears to be security for the foodstuffs and other supplies moving from ship to shore and the concern about what's in those packages, what

1:07.4

could be in those packages.

1:08.9

Here's Jonathan Schanser on the risks and the challenge of the floating dock off of Gaza

1:15.0

in these next weeks and months.

1:17.0

Look, I think there is an interesting analogy that could play out

1:21.0

which is of course that the US could be targeted by whether it's

1:24.9

Hezbollah whether a Tamas or Shia militias or independent actors lone wolves you

1:31.0

name it I mean the 1,000 servicemen that will apparently be involved in the

1:36.2

construction of this pier, to me they seem like targets. I also would just note that

1:41.6

you know, the U.S US or whoever else is involved in the distribution of this aid or even the provision of this aid,

1:47.5

they're going to need to be really careful about not getting Israeli blood on their hands.

1:51.8

Because if they're not adequately screening everything

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