IMO gog vs magog = USA vs Russia and that's also why they located it next to the geddon plains

and in before "but jews lived there before" yes, they did, that's why there is synagogues there in an ancient city that has been around over 4000 years, still doesn't change the military strategic intelligence value of capturing that territory, especially when the location already was occupied by both muslims and jews and a substantial number of christians for centuries before that