“US military tied up in Middle East weakens ability to respond to China and Russia”
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Brown raised the issue several times
The New York Times reported on the 4th (local time) that as Israel expands the war, including increasing airstrikes in Lebanon and invading the country on the ground, high-ranking officials at the U.S. Department of Defense are discussing whether sending U.S. troops to the Middle East will suppress or encourage an escalation of war. did it
The United States has sent aircraft carriers, guided-missile destroyers, amphibious ships and fighter jets to the Middle East over the past 12 months as Israel has attacked Yemen, Iran and Lebanon. The Ministry of Defense announced this week that it would send “thousands” more troops.
In this regard, Deputy Spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense Sabrina Singh said that if the United States increases its troop deployment, “it will reduce the risk of war escalation.”
However, several officials in the Department of Defense have expressed concern that Israel is increasingly expanding Hezbollah attacks because it knows that the U.S. fleet will prevent Iranian attacks.
Officials said that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Brown raised the issue at a meeting at the Pentagon and the White House. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Brown also pointed out that the increased deployment of U.S. troops to the Middle East will have a negative impact on the U.S. military’s ability to quickly respond to conflicts with China and Russia.
Officials, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Brown and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, have tried to strike a balance between suppressing the spread of conflict and checking Israel’s adventurism.
But officials say Israel is becoming increasingly difficult to deal with, as Israeli officials make it clear that they will not notify the United States before taking action against forces that threaten Israel’s survival.
It is also said that Secretary Austin is angry that Israel is not providing US troops in the Middle East with the information they need to prepare for retaliatory attacks from Iran.
On the 1st, when Iran launched a retaliatory attack with missiles, U.S. Navy destroyers Bulkley and Cole launched dozens of missiles and intercepted several Iranian missiles. The number of missiles launched at that time was greater than that launched by Iran. However, most of them were intercepted by Israel’s air defenses.
Ministry of Defense officials are, above all, concerned about the depletion of Pacific resources to prepare for conflicts such as China’s attack on Taiwan.
Although successive U.S. governments have been trying to reduce the number of U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East for the past 10 years, enormous military power is still tied up in the Middle East.
The U.S. military is deploying an amphibious assault ship and three guided missile destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean, and the Harry Truman aircraft carrier group departed from Europe last month to participate in scheduled exercises. If the conflict in the Middle East worsens, this aircraft carrier may also be deployed.
The U.S. military is also deploying several guided missile destroyers in the Red Sea, and the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group has been keeping Iran in check in the Gulf of Oman since last August.
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2024-10-06 21:40:13