Pitch for defense treaty and moving US military to Israel is insane
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On August 18, Israel bombed a non-operational Syrian air base, reportedly to derail Turkish plans to deploy military forces to the installation. The move drew swift condemnation from the United States, which did not receive prior notification despite its growing support for Syria, its alliance with Turkey, and the presence of thousands of U.S. military personnel based nearby, in Jordan and other parts of the region.Is this the behavior of a “model ally”? The Jewish Institute for National Security of America seems to think so. The group, which promotes "strategic cooperation" between the United
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