The Biden administration is moving a contingent of warships to the Eastern Mediterranean in a measure of support for Israel as it battles Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas. Will two US Carrier Strike Groups (CSG), headed by the aircraft carriers USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, be enough to dissuade Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah and its patron Iran from heating up the conflict even further?
Once Hamas launched its surprise assault, Hezbollah joined the fray and its attacks in northern Israel have since intensified. This is troubling because, according to reports, Hezbollah has about 100,000 reasonably well-trained jihadist fighters and more than 100,000 missiles and rockets, many of which are more precise than those used by Hamas. Furthermore, like Hamas, Hezbollah fighters are embedded in the local populace throughout southern Lebanon, making them difficult to root…
