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“U.S. troops being deployed to Israel in this matter is seismic,” Malekafzali added. “The U.S. military is now inextricably involved in this war, directly, without any illusions of barriers. Netanyahu is as close as he has ever been to his ultimate wish: making the U.S. fight Iran on Israel’s behalf.”

Israel’s cabinet met Thursday to discuss a potential response to Iran’s October 1 missile barrage. One unnamed Israeli source told The Times of Israel that “no big decisions” were made at the cabinet meeting. Speaking to reporters earlier this month, Biden said that U.S. and Israeli officials were “discussing” the possibility of an attack on Iranian oil infrastructure.

Iran has warned of a “crushing” response to any Israeli attack.

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[–] Banichan@dormi.zone 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (19 children)

We have literal Nazis in america, but yeah, let's send all the troops over to the Middle East

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I agree that we shouldn't be sending troops to Israel right now but 100 troops is hardly "all the troops" and isn't a large change in the number of troops in the region.

Again, I don't think we should be sending troops or weapons to Israel right now, but this does seem like a proportional response to Iran's attack. They launched missiles at Israel. The US sent an anti-missile battery and 100 troops to support it. It seems like kind of a token force to say "we're supporting Israel in this, but we're also not going to go crazy".

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's definitely not token. The US is filling a very real hole in Israeli missile defense that they're neglected over the years.

[–] Count042@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That who neglected?

EDIT: also, why are you saying there is a hole when just a little while ago you were saying Iran was incapable of damaging Israeli targets with ballistic missiles?

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago

That who neglected?

Israel, but that's neither here nor there. This is still more than a token gesture.

EDIT: also, why are you saying there is a hole when just a little while ago you were saying Iran was incapable of damaging Israeli targets with ballistic missiles?

Because in that little while I learned that Iran, indeed, has the ability to damage Israeli targets with ballistic missiles. My bad.

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