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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailIsrael must maintain deterrence in conflict with Iran, says retired U.S. Army GeneralGen. Barry McCaffrey, retired four star U.S. Army general and MSNBC analyst, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss the recent escalation of violence between Iran and Israel, the defensive capabilities of Israel, and how the war in Gaza plays out.
Persons: Gen, Barry McCaffrey Organizations: Israel, U.S . Army, U.S, Army, MSNBC Locations: Iran, Israel, Gaza
Israel has to punch into the dense Gaza strip with tanks and troops, and conduct searches, he said. The rescue effort would be a "bloody mess" and "catastrophic" to Palestinian civilians, he warned. Israeli forces would have to seize control of the ground level in Gaza and conduct house-to-house searches, he said. AdvertisementAdvertisementA mass rescue effort would see Israeli forces punching into a 140-square-mile region filled with 2 million people, while meticulously searching house, basements, and cellars, McCaffrey said. "I don't know how they're going to solve this without massive casualties in their own forces, never mind catastrophic damage in the Gaza strip," McCaffrey added.
Persons: Barry McCaffrey, Israel, , McCaffrey, Alicia Menendez, haven't, Alex Witt, Tweeting Organizations: Service, Hamas, US Army, US Southern Command, Reuters, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestinian, IDF, Israel's Defense Ministry Locations: Gaza, Israel
The US will probably go to war in Israel if other countries get involved, a retired general said. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe US is likely to directly intervene with air and naval strikes if Israel's existence is threatened, Ret. "I would suggest to you our support of Israel will be absolute, and if we see Syrian military intervention, active Iranian military intervention, we'll go to war," McCaffrey added. However, it's unlikely that the US would send troops into Israel, given the Israel Defense Forces' own ground capabilities, McCaffrey added. They want to make sure that the Syrian military and Hezbollah don't enter this fray," he said.
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Striding along the training area in his fatigues, Army Gen. Mark Milley bellowed at the Ukrainian troops gathered around him. But as he leaves office at the end of the month, his work to support Ukraine will be just one part of a complicated and fractious legacy. to World War II. He often quotes one World War II veteran at the Normandy American Cemetery who begged him to make sure a war like that never happens again. I’ve buried a lot of soldiers, and my dad and mom fought in World War II,” he said.
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The US has pledged to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine, joining a bevy of Western-made tanks. Here comes the M1 Abrams for UkraineA M1A2 Abrams tank fires at a target during an exercise. The same day, word spread that US President Joe Biden would announce he was sending 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. But Hertling disagreed that withholding the M1 Abrams was a "political decision" and didn't find the examples of non-US Abrams operators persuasive. M1 Abrams: training and sustainmentAn M1A2 Abrams drives into the woods during an exercise in Hohenfels, Germany.
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