Is there a reason the US is sending 100 of our people to Israel?

Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Huckledebuck@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

I genuinely want to understand this. Are the defense systems we are sending so advanced that we can’t let anyone else operate them?

I know politics aren’t allowed here, so i want to stress that I just want to know why this is happening.

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stsquad@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
As I understand it is to operate the defensive missile battery they have just shipped.

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- BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  This is the true answer.
  
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  - Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    To protect the military tech given to a genocidal regime isnt the out you think it is
    
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BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
The defense systems being sent there are not only highly advanced, but are also extremely expensive to the taxpayer, as well as the training to operate them is compartmentalized under high levels of secrecy even against allies such as Israel.

It would be irresponsible for the military to send it over there without the proper personnel with the right clearances and training to operate it.

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- skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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  - GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Well no comment on the politics but the system is required to intercept the types of ballistic missiles they expect.
    
    The US has decided it wants those missiles intercepted, so this is what it takes.
    
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- FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I mean, we’re being told that’s why it is. We were also once told we had to fight Iraqis because they had nukes.
  
  I don’t think any of us really knows what’s happening there.
  
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yesman@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It’s important not to let cynicism become conspiratorial ideation. This is not a ploy to get troops killed as a rationale for American involvement. This is a defensive anti-missile anti-drone anti-aircraft battery. The soldiers operating it may be the safest people in Israel, at least from Iranian attack.

I’d go further and speculate that Iran would avoid deliberately attacking this high value target to avoid escalation. I’d go further still and speculate that Iran is counting on her missiles being shot down so that she can attack Israel without doing enough damage to spark a wider war.

I don’t count Iran as peaceniks, their behavior so far looks like a Nation keen to save face, while avoiding a war it’s not ready for.

The real rational for sending troops is that there is no time to train up IDF soldiers to operate it.

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DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Because large troop movements are also useful for hiding the entrance and exit of special operations.

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11111one11111@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Sending enough Americans to justify a full Iranian engagement when they are killed.

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