The U.S. is Quietly Beginning to Pull Military Assets out of Israel, Starting with about 20% of Its Aerial Refueling Planes at Ben Gurion Airport
By Mario Nawfal
The withdrawal follows a memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran.
Aerial refueling planes are force multipliers. They extend how far and how long combat aircraft can operate.
Their partial withdrawal suggests the U.S. no longer needs maximum strike capability positioned in Israel.
Iran’s FM says the war is over.
Abbas Araghchi said announcing the end of the war was the biggest result of the agreement’s first phase, made public yesterday morning.
He added that official implementation of the memorandum starts Friday.
The harder questions are being left for later.
Araghchi said the nuclear file and the lifting of sanctions will only be taken up in the final stage, during the 60-day negotiating window with Washington.
He also tied the wider deal to Lebanon, saying the war there has to end before the war with Iran can be considered finished.
Any Israeli attack on Lebanon or continued occupation of its land, he added, would count as a violation of the memorandum.
Everything that actually started the war is pretty much still on the table and being saved for later.
What could possibly go wrong in the next 60 days?
