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Just why? Israel is a terrible ally and have continued to allow settlers to move into the West Bank stopping any attempts at a peace process. The US should wipe their hands of this mess instead getting into another quagmire.
“Settlers”
Because Hamas kidnapped some American citizens and is holding them in Gaza. The US would likely prefer to attempt any rescue themselves or at least assist in any attempts.
Unfortunately Israel is the only "western aligned" middle east country, so for that reason we go all watermelon eating contest on their bhole
is that really why ? I've been wondering
We don't have universal health care in America and it's their fault but we pay for them to have universal health care. So no, they're not our ally, we're vassals.
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Gee I wonder why Israel is the only Western aligned middle east country it's almost like they do a genocide and the West sends aircraft carriers to protect them
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Israel does not need US troops help to slaughter mass Palestinians. They have had no problem doing that on their own for decades. We need to keep our troops out of further war crimes. We committed enough of those in Iraq.
Should Hamas committed a brutal act of violence and terrorism like they just did, no. Can Israel respond to that yes. Does that response give them the right to make a million civillians homeless or dead, and steal more land, no.
If I had to guess, this would be more about putting the breaks on genocide by giving us a hand on the wheel. Given how the Biden admin has handled Ukraine, I'd say that their team has been very pragmatic about escalation.
That said, we just got out of one pointless forever war in Afghanistan. I don't think we need another.
So this is what its like watching a powder keg get packed. I am not fighting in WW3 for sake of an apartheid state. They pushed these people to their breaking point. If you don't want devils, stop forcing people to live in hell.
I read a very enlightening comment earlier, that explained how the Netanyahoo regime and Hamas were co-dependent. Because Hamas keeps being terrorists, Netanyahoo can stay in power, and because the IDF keeps killing Palestinians, Hamas keeps getting support.
Agree in general but the thought is that US involvement comes if Iran fucks around in the west bank.
Israel doesn't need physical US help obliterating civilians in gaza
I do not support this
US considers humanitarian deployment of troops to provide advice and medical aid
Lemmy: omg how TERRIBLE
As a genuine question, how often does the US do this? If this is relatively common then it's probably fine. If this is unique or step one of what eventually becomes something else, there is some cause for concern.
I'm not saying it's a good/bad idea, just want to put it in context.
This is a relatively common type of deployment to places where the US wants to be seen helping but doesn't want to participate in the actual shooting. So they set up some field hospitals and send some people over for things like military intelligence coordination
Yeah I feel like people are jumping to conclusions here
"Are we the baddies?"
Yes, always have been. We just have a really good PR team.
And here I was wondering how Israel was going to be able to stand up to the multitudes of the Palestinian armed forces.
American troops operate under a uniform code of military justice. The IDF is headed by someone who called Palestinians "human animals". While I don't want American troops involved, Americans would be less likely to commit war crimes and genocide.
The IDF have been extremely critical of their leadership. Historically, soldiers being forced to fight a war for leadership they don't support frequently ends badly for leadership when they return home.
Maybe so but the whole world will see this as Americans back in the middle east, killing Muslims, again.
This seems like a horribly misguided plan.
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This... Seems sensible? Iran has threatened to enter Gaza, and everyone should agree that that happening would be really bad. They're the ones funding Hamas.
With the attention it's brought, and the statements from Iran, I'm a bit worried that whatever they've been receiving from Russia in exchange for Iranian weapons has given Iran an inflated head, and feel like they can finally have something go their way.
no combat role thank god, but still this seems like a mistake
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a select number of U.S. troops to prepare to deploy in support of Israel, multiple outlets have reported.
About 2,000 such troops were chosen this weekend to be ready to assist with advising and medical support, The Wall Street Journal first reported.
The outlet noted the troops wouldn’t serve in a combat role, and no infantry had been put on prepare-to-deploy order.
Fox News later reported Monday that Austin has given “be ready to deploy” orders for a select number of American troops.
The U.S. has continuously expressed support for Israel after the country was attacked, with the Pentagon over the weekend announcing it was sending a second carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean.
Washington has also sent munitions and interceptors for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system and moved fighter jets to the region.
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