• pound_heap@lemm.ee
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    2 hours ago

    Oh come on, the header is a clickbait. There is a US military base in Israel already, it’s been there for years. The article is about an announcement that they are sending another missile defense battery with personnel alongside

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      2 hours ago

      There are 100 more US soldiers deployed, aren’t there? I’m not a US citizen, but I still wonder why more troops are needed to help Israel in an aggressive war of aggression that violates international law.

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        Lol,maybe because Hezbollah rockets are getting launched and we’d like to shoot them down before US personnel are killed potentially escalating this even further?

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          18 minutes ago

          Who is “we”?

          Maybe I’d have some sympathy for you if y’all stop with the genocide, terrorism, ethnic cleansing, land theft, invasions, etc.

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          Gtfo. If you need to play wargames maybe send some more support to Ukraine instead.