Former US official: Israel has suffered a heavy strategic cost in the Gaza war/Ukraine war in deadlock

Financial Times, in a report quoting this American general, who had a history of serving in the administrations of Donald Trump and Joe Biden, claimed that the Israeli regime did a good job tactically in destroying Hamas, but suffered due to the loss of international support. Strategic expenses have become huge.

This four-star general of the US Army, who has served missions abroad, said about the Gaza conflict that he agrees with US President Biden that the Israeli regime’s military response was extreme.

Mili claimed that the Israeli regime’s response to the October 7 attack by Hamas was similar to any national government in many ways, but it faces “difficult military problems”.

Trump’s former military adviser said: The Israeli regime could have performed better by conducting special intelligence operations and precision-guided munitions.

Milli has been involved in the deterrence of China in the administrations of Biden and Trump and has faced a stalemate in the war in Ukraine. But the most tense period of his service in Washington was when he served in the last 16 months of Trump’s presidency.

In 2023, Trump accused Milli of “treason” because he contacted Chinese officials before the 2020 election to address Chinese concerns about a possible attack on the country. This phone call was actually made with the permission of the Minister of Defense at the time. Milley also made a similar call two days after Trump supporters attacked Congress on January 6, 2021. He later told Congress that the purpose of this call was to prevent war between the two superpowers.

This American general has a history of war in Afghanistan and Iraq and has been sent to many countries from Egypt and Panama to Haiti. He also spent two years in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.

He said about the role of diplomacy in American foreign policy: Regarding China, while the leaders of this country are showing strength regarding Taiwan, it can be concluded that diplomacy played the main role, because it did not witness China’s attack on this country. Am.

He explained that the reason is that China thinks the cost of a military invasion of Taiwan will be too high. I guess their reasoning is correct, because here the cost of this attack outweighs the benefit. China is a rational actor and they have decided not to resort to coercive force for now, but this does not mean that they will always do the same.

He claimed that the President of China has put pressure on the country’s army for years to become the most powerful army in East Asia by 2027.

This American official said: It is not clear that they can achieve this goal by then, ability and motivation are two different things.

In a part of this interview, the former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Army spoke against Republicans’ opposition to providing more aid to Ukraine and admitted that the war in Ukraine has reached a “dead end”.

He claimed that the support of the United States and Europe for Ukraine is very important in this war and warned that without such support, Russia will gain strategic advantages that will be destructive.

Miley said that in this case it would be an unfortunate situation, because at that point the Ukrainians would no longer be able to succeed in defending themselves.

This American general claimed that he sees the differences in Congress as a test to test the importance of the role of the international order and supports those who consider the lack of such support as an attack on this order.

He said with certainty that part of the differences in this field is due to the experiences that the Americans have experienced in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the last two decades.

Financial Times asked Milli about Trump as the problem facing the world and wrote: Milli is known as someone who is believed to play a key role in ensuring that Trump does not attack Iran in late 2020. did.

This retired American general, referring to a copy of the US Constitution, reminded that he swore an oath as a soldier to defend the Constitution and not the president himself.

In his retirement speech, he said that he would not swear to a “fanatical dictator”; Statements that were widely considered to be an insult to Trump.

Source: IRNA