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Pentagon confirms missile defence system and troops deploying to Israel (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 1 month ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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The Pentagon has confirmed it is sending a THAAD missile defence system and US troops to Israel, publicly acknowledging that US troops will be on the ground assisting in Israel's defence.

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Imagine the cops in Uvalde TX blocking parents from entering the school to stop the school shooter.

They are not directly attacking the children, but they are protecting the shooter from being stopped. Defending Israel is that times a thousand.

The THAAD systems are not defending civilian areas but Israeli military bases. To make matters worse almost all the weapons used by Israel are made in the USA.