Originally Posted by
Mil-26Man
Silly take and not sure what your agenda is, but Ukraine is very much is an ally.
Although I'm very much in favour of (even stronger) Support for Ukraine he has a few at least partly valid points. Indeed their Up- arming and preparation for a possible war could have (and should have) been massively better (the same can be said for the Euorpean NATO Countries for sure). Also the reluctance towards higher mobilisation while at the same time asking for more support and even indirectly asking for/allowing troops from Western Countries doesn't really help convincing the Western Countries for more support. Weapons they give to Ukraine may be missing in a later direct conflict should Ukraine still lose due to shortage of manpower. That applies especially to the European Armies who are definitely short on stuff and who have the very real risk of ending up in a direct conflict with Russia not so many Years down the road. The US with its internal politics is a bit of a different matter. For them the risk of ending up unarmed is not very real.
Israel has been a military ally to the West for decades (and this while I strongly dislike Netanjahu and their stupid settlement policy). They are investing massively in being able to defend themselves. They are the only (even if not perfect) democracy in the whole region. They and their religion are not trying to eliminate all others from this planet. Compared to the standards of most of their neighbours they are a welcome deviation. And I repeat myself: Do I think they are doing everything right? No. In Gaza they are massively overshooting. The settlement policy needs to stop for good. And there needs to be a perspective for the Palestinians. Yet I celebrate when missiles launched at Israel are intercepted. And I support and am grateful for the US, UK, Jordan or whomever helps in this.
And from a purely Military perspective: Is there a better test and training of intercepting extra- atmospheric Ballistic Missiles as well as low flying ballistic missiles and long range drones? Those will be extremely usefull skills in the foreseeable future.