Israel’s vaunted Iron Dome air defence system was unable to intercept Iranian hypersonic missiles recently<\/p>\n
Although U.S. officials claim that Washington\u2019s pledge of support doesn\u2019t mean that the U.S. would deploy troops on the ground, there\u2019s no guarantee it wouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
Like Vietnam it might start with the U.S. providing support and advisers; in Israel\u2019s case this may be advanced air defence systems, because Israel\u2019s own vaunted Iron dome system has proven unable to take on Iran’s advanced hypersonic missiles. However, it\u2019s uncertain if the Zionist state has any trained crews to operate the latest U.S. air defence systems.<\/p>\n
So it may only be a matter of time before trained U.S. personnel are provided to operate the air defence systems.<\/p>\n
In other words, the U.S. air defence crews could turn out to be the proverbial \u2018thin end of the wedge\u2019. Ed.<\/p>\n
The US reassured Israel it will offer the Jewish state full support in the event a full-scale war with Hezbollah breaks out, CNN<\/a> quotes a senior Biden administration official as saying.<\/p>\n The pledge was made during meetings in Washington this week between National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.<\/p>\n The official tells CNN that the Biden administration would offer Israel the security assistance it needs. However, the US would not deploy American troops to the ground in such a scenario.<\/p>\n The reassurances come amid a public spat between Jerusalem and Washington that was sparked by a Tuesday video statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which the premier blasted what he said were \u201cinconceivable bottlenecks\u201d that the Biden administration had placed in the transfer of weapons and munitions to Israel.<\/p>\n