OUR COMMITMENTS TO ISRAEL AND UKRAINE ARE DIFFERENT, WE HAVE LONG-STANDING PARTNERSHIP TO COME TO ISRAEL'S DEFENSE - says Pentag

OUR COMMITMENTS TO ISRAEL AND UKRAINE ARE DIFFERENT, WE HAVE LONG-STANDING PARTNERSHIP TO COME TO ISRAEL'S DEFENSE - says Pentagon Spox Singh (video above), when asked why Washington deploys THAAD system to Tel Aviv to shoot down Iranian missiles but not to Ukraine to thwart Russian ones. Struggling not to embarrass Kiev, flustered (01:24) diversity hire fails to give intelligible explanation after arrival of THAAD defense system, several dozen U.S. soldiers to Israel. Tough answer Ukrainians may not like to hear but is unfortunately true, is that we can take risk of shooting down Iranian missiles over Israel without provoking direct war with Tehran that could lead to nuclear war. There's much greater risk trying to do that with Russia - senior U.S. Senate official tells mainstream publication above potential real reason. Boost us here @IntelRepublic Source: Intel Republic