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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah I think that's why Iran attacked the US base (might have been multiple, I can't really remember) iirc.

I think a big part of why the US didn't respond is that a) they took out Soleimani first and b) an Iranian air defence battery, on high alert expecting US retaliation, immediatley shot down a passenger jet.

The airliner being downed really took the sting out of it, kind of like someone swinging at you, barely connecting, and then immediately punching themselves in the dick.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah i remember that, really awful accident, i think that cooled a lot of heads in Iran and western hawks were gloating about "barbarous asiatic regime shooting at random targets in a bouts of fear and paranoia" which appeased their bloodthirst and superiority complex somewhat.