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

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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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[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 12 points 2 days ago

Weapons I get (in the sense that it's already a thing), but soldiers? What are they even gonna do?

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Try to scare Iran into not attacking. Iran targets military installations including missile systems so there is now a chance that they will blow up legally (at least according to USA) stationed US soldiers there. Or worse, this might be a deliberate provocation and they want Iran to blow them up to have some bloody shirt to blind the people into yet another war.