Recently, a piece of news from the US Department of Defense made the whole United States "blow up the pot", and even the White House was sweating and calling it "shocked."
Here's the thing, on January 5, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense issued a statement, which mentioned that U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin recently underwent an elective operation, and on January 1, because of postoperative complications, Austin was admitted to the ICU and is currently in good condition.
As soon as this statement was released, it immediately caused an uproar, because according to the provisions of US law, the federal government needs to maintain a certain degree of transparency in front of the public, including when the secretary of defense and other senior ** will be hospitalized, when they will receive anesthesia, and so on.
Of course, it is not an uncommon operation for American politicians to conceal the people, and the most outrageous thing about this matter is that even Biden did not know that Austin was admitted to the ICU.
According to the American "Political News Network", nine Department of Defense ** and two congressional aides revealed that the news of Austin's hospitalization was strictly confidential, and even the senior leaders of the Pentagon and Congress did not know about it until the Department of Defense issued a statement. Of course, Biden is a little better-informed, but it was only on January 4 that I learned that Austin was hospitalized**. You know, Austin is Biden's nominee for the first African-American Secretary of Defense in the United States, and he is an important member of his cabinet, but Austin even hid such a thing as hospitalization from Biden, which can't help but make Biden worry about a question, how many things are still hidden in the Pentagon?
Just imagine, if the military instigates a coup d'état, and the White House and Congress are still so late to know, then what should this ** be?
Of course, it is certainly an exaggeration to say that the coup d'état is underway, but at a time when the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict are being carried out on both fronts, it is reasonable for Biden to be worried about Austin's operation.
In the current situation, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine can be put aside for the time being, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is now at a very critical juncture.
This is not alarmist, take Lebanon as an example, a few days ago, because Israel attacked the Lebanese capital and implemented a "beheading" plan against Hamas's second-in-command Aruri, which led to the rapid heating up of the situation between Lebanon and Israel, so the Lebanese Allah launched a large-scale attack on the Israeli Melon air surveillance base.
As we said before, the reason why Israel wants to attack the Lebanese capital and kill a high-level Hamas leader who has no influence on the overall situation is to muddy the waters and make it impossible for the United States to get out. If, at this time, the Department of Defense conceals the actions of the White House, causing the United States to miscalculate and trigger the outbreak of all-out war, then the matter will be serious. And let's not forget that in the Red Sea, the contest between the Houthis and the US military has been going on, and when the Red Sea attack broke out before, the US military intended to retaliate, and the US generals made a detailed plan, but it was pressed by Biden. If the Department of Defense's transparency to the White House is false, then no one dares to guarantee that there will be no accidents on the front lines that will lead to the expansion of the conflict.
At present, Austin has responded to this part of the controversy, saying that he will take full responsibility. It is not difficult to calm down this matter, but the people's suspicion of Austin and Biden's suspicion of Austin may not be so easily dispelled.