U.S. Secretary of Defense Bans Senior Military Officers from Visiting Israel: What's Behind the Scenes?
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has officially signed a document banning senior U.S. military officers from visiting Israel, according to multiple reports. This decision has attracted widespread attention and discussion. In the Gaza combat operation, the United States has a steady stream of guidance and intelligence, air raid operations and ground operations have also taken on new forms and methods, and even AI operations have become the core and basic mode of street warfare.
There are several intents behind the ban on access. First of all, it's a kind of"Shake the pot"Tactics. Whether it is the operation in the Gaza Strip or the combat operation around Israel, the United States has played a supporting role behind it. The Iranian side made it clear that a catastrophe in the Middle East will occur only if the United States hands over the bombs to Israel. There has been too much exchange between the United States and Israel on combat plans and battle plans, and there has been an influx of street fighting experts. How can street fighting have nothing to do with the United States?If there is a replication of intelligence and logistics in the Strait of Hormuz in the Gaza Strip, then the United States is in a precarious position.
Second, the U.S. is telling other countries that it has nothing to do with the strike and can at least blame Israel for the humanitarian catastrophe by putting all the blame on Israel. This is very important for the United States to quickly withdraw and escape quickly in the midst of condemnation. The United States is in line with its traditional way of warfare by doing bad things and fleeing immediately. It would also be a public demonstration of Israel's striking force and determination to fight, and to convince people that it was not my doing, but that he did it. In this way, the United States can lower its role and status in the event of a humanitarian catastrophe.
The second intention was clearly to evade the blow. The number of attacks on U.S. bases in the Middle East has reached an all-time high, such as the Tanf base, which was hit by Iraq more than a dozen times, killing dozens of people**. If the conflict in Gaza continues, the United States will certainly be condemned by many Arab countries, and various armed resistance fronts will also intensify their crackdowns. Currently, U.S. bases and personnel in the Middle East are on alert. Evacuation and overseas protection will be a heavy burden for the United States.
At this time, if the United States claims that the senior ** will no longer go to Israel, claiming to draw a line with Israel, then the likelihood of US bases in the Middle East facing retaliation from the Resistance Front will decrease. It is clear that the United States is now worried about the conflict between Ukraine and Russia and the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
If Israel insists on going its own way and causing damage to the United States in the Middle East, it will become insecure itself, which is obviously not in the interests of the United States, so the United States has carefully considered this.
The so-called ban on visits could also be a warning to Israel. At present, according to the United States, Israel is disobedient, the battle plan has entered the third stage, and it is difficult to see if there is a next stage in the future. Israel has not fully embraced the operational goals previously set by the United States.
By lowering military relations, the next step can also be to reduce the level of equipment aid to Israel, so that Israel will be in a state of extreme hunger to some extent. Negotiations then may be more productive than now. Israel now lacks nothing and everything, and the eradication of Hamas is the goal given by the United States.
Now Netanyahu's claim that air strikes will not stop without the release of a large number of hostages also illustrates a subtle change in Israel's relations with the United States.
In such a situation, if the United States, as the dominant party, blindly listens to Israel's opinion, it will obviously lose its dominant position. If military relations are downgraded and the support for all kinds of equipment is weakened, Israel will more or less attach importance to the words of the United States.
Despite the sensitive timing of the ban on high-level ** visits to Israel, the intentions of the United States are very clear. The United States cannot allow Israeli tanks to the detriment of its own interests, which usually happens to the American tank. Therefore, the United States cannot accept this"Retrograde"Situation.