Although these batteries were purchased and maintained with American taxpayer funds, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vetoed the decision
Ah, yes, Iran, our greatest ally. They are also big in clandestine operations and military espionage especially in a predominantly white eurpean countries.
I interpreted it as a backhanded insult to Ukraine’s opsec capabilities and strategic planning that they would just effectively “drop it in russia’s lap” or something…
It’s just an excuse, obviously. The real reason is because Bibi doesn’t want to do anything to upset Putin, and it’s been that way for years - they’ve always refused requests for military aid, they’ve never condemned the Russian invasion themselves or as part of the UN, they happily buy grain stolen from Ukraine.
This was as predictable as Trump backtracking on patriot interceptor licensing, maybe more so because Bibi is merely an evil piece of shit but Trump’s also demented.
They just side with r*ssia for some incomprehensible (to me) reason, constantly. While r*ssia hates them with passion (at least publicly) and supports their enemies.
The reason is trumps handlers directly report to the ruzzian Führer. It’s all you need to know.
Most of the time history isn’t this dumb and simple, but in this case it is exactly as dumb and simple as that, infuriatingly so.
Why are we censoring “Russia”?
Because they deserve to be censored.
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Bullshit. It is becausr they are destined to protect israel. Ukrsine for the usa is a second thought
It’s a weapons system Israel developed to deal with a real threat they experience, so prioritizing their own safety wouldn’t be a surprising choice. And if that were why they did it, it would be unfortunate but fair because defending yourself before helping others is a rational choice.
However, the real reason is because Bibi has been unwilling to do anything to upset the relationship with Russia for a long time, and the Ukrainians aren’t under any illusions about what their own relationship with Israel is actually like. That’s why thats tied buying the systems through the US.
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