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☆ Former CIA Director David Petraeus on Israel-Iran conflict
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer CIA Director David Petraeus on Israel-Iran conflictDavid Petraeus, chair at KKR Global Institute, retired four-star Army general and former CIA director, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the Iran-Israel conflict, whether we should expect an Israeli response to Iran's attack over the weekend, and more.

Persons: David Petraeus Organizations: KKR Global Institute, Army, CIA Locations: Israel, Iran

☆ Ex-CIA director says Israel could use 'covert' operations to retaliate against Iran's drone strikes without escalating the conflict
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA former CIA director says Israel could take a covert, rather than an overt, response against the Iranian drone strikes that took place on Saturday. They can pursue asymmetric attacks, cyberspace, and so forth," former CIA director and retired general David Petraeus told CNN on Sunday. The airstrike had reportedly killed several top Iranian military commanders. AdvertisementAnd that, Petraeus told CNN on Sunday, isn't something that Iran wants to see. Representatives for Petraeus did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ Russia isn't ready for the surprise NATO attack its strategists foresee
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russian strategists argue its military needs more robust systems to defend against a NATO surprise attack that would come in the form of conventional missile strikes, a warning that comes as NATO conducts a massive exercise near Russia's northern border. How exactly NATO would attack Russia in this scenario is unclear, though the Russian analysts seem to be describing what the US military would call "multi-domain operations." The attack would be preceded by "provocations" to justify a war, as well as the deployment of forces near Russia. This perceived NATO strategy of massive strikes risks compelling Russia to use its nuclear weapons, especially tactical nukes, to defend itself. Ironically, the missile strike that Russian military experts accuse the West of planning is a mirror image of how Russia itself would fight a war.

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☆ Opinion: Who is winning? Gen. Petraeus on Ukraine war, two years in
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Peter Bergen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

CNN —Two years into the Ukraine war, the tide has shifted, and Russian forces have some momentum, according to retired US General David Petraeus. Michal Dyjuk/AP/FILELast weekend Gen. Petraeus was at the Munich Security Conference, the leading global national security conference that was attended by pretty much every European leader and by top American officials – including Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. BERGEN: At the Munich Security Conference, what was the mood like? BERGEN: Who’s winning the war in Ukraine? BERGEN: What’s going on in Ukraine looks a lot like World War I, in the sense that it’s trench warfare, minefields, machine guns.

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☆ Former CIA Director David Petraeus: I was surprised Alexei Navalny lived for as long as he did
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer CIA Director David Petraeus: I was surprised Alexei Navalny lived for as long as he didDavid Petraeus, retired four-star Army general and former CIA director, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss news of Russian cyber spy operation targeting the U.S. and Europe, death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, state of U.S.-Russia relations, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and more.

Persons: David Petraeus, Alexei Navalny Organizations: Army, CIA, U.S Locations: Russian, Europe, U.S, Russia, Ukraine

☆ In Israel and Gaza, Biden Needs to Do More to Build Peace - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Nicholas Kristof | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

It may not be possible to end the Gaza war this year, establish a post-Hamas peace in Gaza and restart a process to give Palestinians the state they deserve. Biden may be the single most popular person in Israel today, and the United States has leverage as Israel’s most important ally and diplomatic protector. Biden’s forceful backing of Israel after the Hamas terror attack won him enormous gratitude from a people not much used to such unequivocal support. To his credit, Biden has tried to nudge Israel in this direction, as has Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The Biden administration has already encouraged Israel to ratchet its assault on Gaza several notches toward the surgical end, by using smaller bombs and allowing humanitarian pauses.

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☆ Israel is looking to World War II in its Gaza fight, and it risks taking lessons from the wrong war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Sam Fellman | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

It's a critical question that will define whether Israel's war succeeds, experts on military strategy told Insider. Smoke and flame rise after Israeli air forces targeting a shopping center in Gaza Strip, Gaza on October 07, 2023. In the aftermath of the October 7 attacks, Israel has abandoned "mowing the grass" in favor of a much more far-reaching and deadly strategy. Marcus Yam/Getty ImagesIn this war, Israeli leaders have used heated rhetoric while their forces maintain a deadly bombing campaign. Not the destruction of Israel of course, but a state on the West Bank and in Gaza," Mansoor said.

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☆ The Iran-Russia Military Axis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: David Asman interviews Gen. David Petraeus. Images: AP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyRepublican critics of aiding Ukraine claim that there’s no connection between Russia’s aggression and the war in Israel. They’re ignoring the major strategic development in the last year, which is the deepening military alliance between Russia and Iran that threatens U.S. interests. The Journal reported Thursday that the U.S. has intelligence that Russia’s Wagner mercenary group is planning to send air defenses to Hezbollah in Lebanon. The air defenses would complicate Israel’s ability to defend its cities from Hezbollah’s missile attacks.

Persons: David Asman, David Petraeus, Mark Kelly, Russia’s Wagner Organizations: Israel Locations: Ukraine, Israel, Russia, Iran, Lebanon

☆ Prepare for an Iranian Escalation
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Reuel Marc Gerecht | Ray Takeyh | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Images: AP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyIran has patiently built up its “axis of resistance” over 20 years. This alliance among Iran, the Syrian regime, Hezbollah, Hamas and other radical Sunni and Shiite Arab militias is an expression of the Islamic Republic’s vibrant anti-Western ethos. It’s also a means by which the clerical regime can overcome the enormous damage the Syrian civil war has inflicted on its standing among Sunni Muslims. Fortunately for the clerical regime, its Palestinian proxy in Gaza will be hard to destroy. The farther the Israel Defense Forces advance, the more pressure will mount on the Islamic Republic to expand the conflict.

Persons: David Asman, David Petraeus, Mark Kelly Iran, It’s, Tehran can’t Organizations: Israel Defense Forces Locations: Iran, Tehran, Gaza, Republic, Jerusalem

☆ Opinion | A Plan to Defeat Hamas and Avoid a Bloodbath
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Hamas’s master plan, as Bennett sees it, is roughly as follows: Provoke, via its gruesome massacres on Oct. 7, a massive Israeli ground invasion. Already, nearly 800,000 Gazans have fled from north to south, despite efforts by Hamas to keep them in place. “They’re asking for fuel not for their citizens but for their tunnels,” which are used exclusively by Hamas fighters and their allies. “I don’t want to get into a Viet Cong-type war of tunnels,” Bennett says. But the question isn’t whether Bennett’s plan is perfect or if there are gaps to fill.

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☆ Opinion: Uncomfortable reality for Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. He didn’t live to see the allies’ victory in World War II that year or the conference in San Francisco that month that established the United Nations. But his diplomatic efforts to meet with Arab leaders came undone after a devastating explosion at a hospital in Gaza. Biden himself initially supported the US 2003 war in Iraq only to end up as the president who ordered the US pullout of Afghanistan. “This is the politics that Donald Trump’s rhetoric has wrought among his supporters in the Republican Party,” wrote Avlon.

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☆ Israel needs to have a vision for Palestine besides just destroying Hamas: ex-CIA director
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

David Petraeus told CBS that Israel needs a vision for Palestine, besides annihilating Hamas. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementA former CIA director says Israel needs to have a vision for Palestine post-conflict, besides just vanquishing Hamas. On October 7, Hamas launched a terrorist attack on Israel, attacking Israel by land, air, and sea, killing hundreds of people in Israeli towns, military bases, and at a music festival.

Persons: David Petraeus, Petraeus, Israel, —, Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, It's, reoccupy Organizations: CBS, Service, CIA, Hamas, ISIS, US Army Locations: Israel, Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Gaza, Baghdad

☆ Opinion: What comes after Hamas?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Sheena Mckenzie | Opinion Seth Moulton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Twenty years ago this month, I was a young Marine lieutenant marching down a California street in an Iraq War victory parade. It was the right decision to kill insurgents without losing more Marines, but leveling a school doesn’t win you a lot of hearts and minds. To be sure, there are some fundamental differences between Israel’s war with Hamas and America’s war in Iraq. Our First Marine Division motto in Iraq, under General Mattis, was “no better friend, no worse enemy.” I want Hamas to know no greater enemy than the Israeli Army, and I want to see every Hamas fighter defeated. There are a lot of peace-loving Palestinians in Gaza who loathe Hamas, but it’s up to the Israeli Army to prove themselves better friends.

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☆ Israel’s Challenge in Responding to a Brutal Surprise Attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( David Petraeus | Andrew Roberts | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Kyiv CNN —The United States’ top general has warned Ukraine has just six weeks left before changing weather hampers its counteroffensive, even as Kyiv is signaling it could fight on into the winter. Meanwhile, an online update from the southern ‘Tavria’ command said: “we continue to make small advances in the area of Robotyne. One of Zelensky’s senior security officials, speaking at the same event the following day, indicated Ukraine’s forces might be set to keep attacking well into the coming winter. Kyrylo Budanov, head of military intelligence, acknowledged the counteroffensive was moving more slowly than he would like. Ukraine’s counteroffensive in the south then ran for a further six weeks, only ending around November 10 with the liberation of Kherson.

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☆ Former generals weigh in on how much say the US should have in Ukraine's counteroffensive as Kyiv's frustration with critics boils over
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Ukraine has blamed a lack of equipment and tough defenses while some in the West have put the blame on Kyiv's forces. "Everyone is now an expert on how we should fight," Ukraine's defense ministry said on social media Thursday. He wrote that the general is "extremely talented," but "he has never before" coordinated the kind of operations Ukraine is executing now. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe US has reiterated that it will continue to support Ukraine's war effort, even as the counteroffensive is expected to potentially last for at least a couple more months and the conflict possibly for years. In a recent conversation with Insider about Ukrainian operations, Hodges said that the Ukrainians "have recognized that they have to adapt, which is what they're doing."

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☆ Ukraine can score a striking victory over Russia if it advances 25 miles through its formidable defenses, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A military expert mapped out his suggestion for a Ukrainian counteroffensive strike. Thanks to the capture of Robotyne over the weekend, Tokmak is already within artillery range, Martin wrote. It would remain for Ukrainian forces to be close enough to the M14 to keep that, too, within artillery range, Martin wrote. That requires advancing roughly 25 miles further than Ukrainian forces have reached in several locations. It means slow, grinding progress, which saw Ukrainian forces retake the town of Robotyne, northwest of Melitopol, over the weekend.

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☆ Russia may 'suddenly break' under pressure from Ukraine's counteroffensive, former US general Petraeus says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine's arduous counteroffensive is "far from over," General David Petraeus has said. Nonetheless, with enough pressure the Russian line can "suddenly break," he wrote. Faced with this, even the US would struggle, Petraeus told CNN. "Ukraine is applying pressure on their opponent until something breaks, at which point they will commit their reserves and strike," Petraeus and Kagan wrote. "When the conditions are right, they're picking their way through these minefields now," Petraeus told CNN.

Persons: David Petraeus, Frederick Kagan, Petraeus, Kagan, Tony Radakin, Patrick Bury Organizations: Service, CIA, CNN, Washington Post, SPG, Getty Images, Air Assault Brigade, Facebook, Air Assault Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Iraq, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Roman, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Melitopol

☆ As cracks emerge in Russia, US plots fresh sanctions to crank up pressure on Moscow
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN Business —Washington plans to keep piling pressure on Russia through additional sanctions in a bid to force hard choices in Moscow, a senior US official tells CNN. The preparations of further economic punishments come as cracks emerge in Russia’s economy and society because of the war in Ukraine and sanctions from the West. The scramble in Russia to shore up the crumbling ruble shows the pressure on Moscow is working, the senior US official told CNN. The United States has steadily imposed sanctions on Russia and the US official said Washington plans to continue doing so in a bid to ramp up pressure. Former CIA director David Petraeus argues now is the time for the United States to crank up the pressure on Russia.

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☆ Opinion: The shattering aftermath in Maui
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

CNN —The Polynesian demigod Maui was so powerful he could raise islands up from the ocean floor and capture the sun to slow it down. We know Lahaina will be rebuilt, and the government response — city, state and federal — will be a huge part of that. “You can beat the drum of ‘women’s rights’ and defend tooth-and-nail women’s sports, so long as you only do so to denigrate trans women.”For more on the World Cup:Shaista Aziz: This Women’s World Cup has been unlike any other. That’s a great thingAmy Bass: The US loss at the Women’s World Cup sends a clear messageBill Bramhall/Tribune Content AgencyLet’s make a deal? In a country where federal prosecutors overwhelmingly win their cases, Trump’s odds of going to trial and winning both federal cases are slim — and he may face similarly daunting odds in the other cases.

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☆ Retired US general and former CIA chief says Putin's Ukraine invasion has 'made NATO great again'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

David Petraeus told CNN that Putin's invasion was a "catastrophically bad decision for his country." "He set out to make Russia great again, and really has made NATO great again," Petraeus said. The retired general had led US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan before serving as CIA director. Petraeus told CNN in March 2022 — a month after the invasion — that he thinks the Russian army "clearly have very poor standards when it comes to performing basic tactical tasks." And in February, Petraeus told CNN that it's now clear Putin is waging a ruthless war of attrition in Ukraine.

Persons: David Petraeus, Petraeus, Vladimir Putin's, Putin, CNN's Jake Tapper, James Stavridis, Stavridis, — Organizations: CNN, NATO, Service, CIA, MSNBC, US Army Locations: Russia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Vilnius, Lithuania

☆ Russia economy: Former CIA chief David Petraeus says US needs to 'tighten the screws'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

‘An economy that is hemorrhaging’Western sanctions have not delivered a deathblow to the Russian economy. Some, including economist Larry Summers, argue that economic penalties on Russia haven’t bitten as hard as anticipated because not enough countries have imposed sanctions. Others, like Yale professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, say sanctions are “working tremendously” well against Russia. Petraeus praised the Treasury Department’s “very impressive” sanctions campaign, led by Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo. But the former CIA chief noted the complexity involved in modern sanctions, where target countries often find ways to evade restrictions.

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☆ Analysis: Vladimir Putin's humiliation will require the West to reexamine its balancing act to save Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —The world just got a hint of a tantalizing but possibly even more dangerous future without Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Western stakes in the Ukraine war rose significantly as a result. There’s now no doubt that the war Putin unleashed to wipe Ukraine off the map poses an existential threat to his political survival. This would be good news for the West, which has bankrolled and armed the country’s fight for its life. After this weekend, this new reality will require the West to once again examine its balancing act to save Ukraine.

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☆ 'Careful Around Open Windows,' Ex CIA Director Warns Wagner Chief Prigozhin
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In an apparent reference to the manner in which some Russian politicians and businessmen have died in recent years, former CIA Director David Petraeus warned the owner of Russian paramilitary group Wagner to "stay away from open windows." “He kept his life but lost his Wagner group,” Petraeus said Sunday on CNN of the mercenary group's chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who on Saturday halted his march to Moscow and accepted exile in Belarus, a country whose leader is useful to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “He should be very careful around open windows in his new surroundings, in Belarus, where he's going,” Petraeus said.

Persons: David Petraeus, Wagner, ” Petraeus, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin, “ Organizations: CNN Locations: Russian, Moscow, Belarus

☆ Putin's plan is to 'out-suffer' Ukraine and win by sending hundreds of thousands of Russians to die, retired US general Petraeus says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

David Petraeus thinks Vladimir Putin hopes to beat Ukraine by sacrificing more lives. Petraeus was referring to two major conflicts that Russia managed to win, but at an enormous cost. Putin announced a partial military mobilization in September, drafting 300,000 people from Russia's reservists to fight in Ukraine. "Russia still has enormous military capacity and is certainly still a nuclear superpower, as well as a country with enormous energy, mineral, and agricultural blessing," Petraeus said. Petraeus in January also called for more aid for Ukraine from the West, saying that the war with Russia is now at a pivotal point.

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