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.
As I understand it is to operate the defensive missile battery they have just shipped.
This is the true answer.
To protect the military tech given to a genocidal regime isnt the out you think it is
They aren’t there to protect it, they’re there to operate it.
It’s a defensive missile battery, the US expects more missile attacks from Iran and plans to counter them.
This whole thing is a war between the US and Iran, it just happens to be occurring in Israel.
I love when the agency of non-Americans gets ignored because no one but America is worthy of being terrible.
Israel couldn’t be fighting Iran without Western support. Iran is literally 8 times bigger in terms of population, and has oil money to fund itself.
Agency is worth nothing if you can’t back it up.
Ok so dont fight Iran.
Iran has a stated goal of destroying Israel. That’s why they’re funding multiple terrorist groups to attack Israel.
Israel doesn’t have a choice at this point, any more than Ukraine does fighting Russia.
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.
Because large troop movements are also useful for hiding the entrance and exit of special operations.
Sending enough Americans to justify a full Iranian engagement when they are killed.