“Israel is ‘retiring’ its Patriot missile batteries. They could help a struggling Ukraine.”
Just in time for a war with Iran. Can’t say I’m surprised that the Zeepers are ready to leave Israel DEFENSELESS against Iran, since they never liked Israel much to begin with.
Huh? It sounds as if Israel is choosing to retire its Patriots because it finds them inadequate.
How do you twist this into "Zeepers" wanting to leave Israel defenseless? "Zeepers" had nothing to do with Israel's decision.
Israel is retiring them because they have developed their own air defenses that have proven to be superior. I believe their Iron Dome has intercepted more missiles and other threats than all the Patriot missiles deployed around the world.
This is not the US telling them to retire them but their assessment that maintaining them is not worth it any more.
“...they never liked Israel much to begin with.”
Problem here is two fold. It seems like everyone is supporting a dying horse. Ukraine can’t win a war with Russia and come out with a thriving country. Even if the actual combat ended it still would be in a situation of diplomacy requiring Russian overseeing. So giving the Ukraine a defense weapon will only kick the end of the war a little further down the road and will cost many lives, more in the Ukraine.
Everyone’s defense resourses are not infinitive. Sooner or later everyone will have to say I can’t afford it any more and cut them off. Then they will be as they are right now, probably worse, and will have to go for a compromise rather than flipping Russia off. And it will end up costing them more at that time than now.
They decided to stand on their own in 1991 when the soviets disolved and couldn’t argue with them. They decided to call Russia’s bluff and won that time. They won’t now and this is where they were heading in 1991 sooner or later. It’s later.
wy69
Plenty of Ukies served Hitler in WWII by eliminating Jews in Ukraine and in concentration camps.