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  • "I was trained to be a killer for 8 weeks, and was nothing but for 21 years. I was given 2 weeks to become a civilian again."

    -MSgt Brad "Iceman" Colbert

    (Apologies if not fully accurate, I'd have to go find the interview again)

  • Easy. Make nearly every mission take place in an existing Warzone map with narrating comms chatter instead of interesting linear missions with cutscenes like the original.

    Charge $70. Must have MW2 ($70) to play.

  • Most of these are medical, advising, and EOD. Above article even says explosive handling.

    Another sensationalist title and selectively worded article, making it seem as if the US is going full crusade.

    Sources:

    https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-war-gaza-palestinians/card/u-s-picks-troops-to-prepare-for-potential-deployment-to-middle-east-0pYNLxiZ7dmUbN6NxCML - Says Medical and advising staff

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/10/16/israel-hamas-war-live-updates/71201737007/ - says Medical and Gate crossing security

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/world/middleeast/pentagon-us-troops.html - Medical and advising

    https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/10/17/pentagon-orders-2000-troops-prepare-deploy-israel-war-prompts-growing-us-military-presence.html - take this with a grain of salt, since it's a military source. Says the most combat troops deployed were special forces to secure the embassy.

    https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4259025-pentagon-puts-troops-on-notice-to-prepare-to-deploy-to-support-israel-reports/ - advising and medical

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/16/politics/us-marines-pentagon-israel/index.html - Medical and logistical support

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/pentagon-sends-deployment-notices-to-2000-us-troops-over-israel-hamas-war/ - Medical, explosive ordinance, and advising

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/10/16/2000-us-troops-may-deploy-to-middle-east-amid-israel-hamas-war/ - Medical or advising support, NOT combat roles

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/us-military-roughly-troops-prepare-deployment-israel-hamas - US officials do not intend to have US troops see combat

    Based on these sources, the US being there is officially for posturing and mostly medical support, as well as advising. Several of these sources also state that there are American citizens among the hostages.

  • For your second point, I feel that their declining birth rate is a huge problem that adds to the economic downturn they are facing. After the one child policy they were already facing a generation gap in the workforce, and now that the people are generally against having kids due to financial constraint, they will not be able to keep up with the workforce demand regardless of how much control the government has.

    What they are doing now (to my limited understanding of global economics) is just investing to pad their economy and brace for the sudden hit their economy will take at some point.