Israel has never before asked for US troops.
I am skeptical.
I am always skeptical of Debka.
“Israel has never before asked for US troops.
I am skeptical.”
Not skeptical, just utterly clueless.
I am also skeptical. If this is indeed true, it is a terrible mustake. Our troops will be nothing but sitting ducks.
I can see obama wanting to do this just for that reason, but I can’t see Netanyahu going along with it. This sounds more like something that might have been cooked up with Egypt, not Israel.
I believe that there has been a small number of Army or Marine personnel (less than 200) in the Sinai for many years.
Born in Ireland, and wife to Cass Sunstein, she currently is a Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and runs the Office of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights as Senior Director of Multilateral Affairs on the Staff of the National Security Council.
Israel didn’t ask. Obama/Clinton shoved them down their throat. Israel was ready, willing and able to finish the job themselves with ground troops, but our government had to protect the precious Palestinian Koranimals.