The US will likely 'go to war' in Israel with air and naval power if Syria or Iran become actively involved, retired 4-star general says

www.businessinsider.com The US will likely 'go to war' in Israel with air and naval power if Syria or Iran become actively involved, retired 4-star general says

The US is watching foreign forces like Syria, Hezbollah, and Iran, and will likely strike if they intervene, Ret. Gen. Barry McCaffrey said.

The US will likely 'go to war' in Israel with air and naval power if Syria or Iran become actively involved, retired 4-star general says

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Don't listen to this bullshit. I hear higher ups like this talk all the fuckin time about how we're "on the brink of war" but nothing happens. They're just constantly edging themselves at the thought of us going up against another adversary.
- Exactly. Hell, even suggesting direct involvement in another unwinable middle eastern war would be political suicide. Of course someone who’s entire profession is war is all about war.
- By putting a fleet off the shore of Isreal we prevent Syria and Egypt from getting involved.
  
  Egypt is generally a pretty cooperative partner with Israel and the US.
  
  After all, Gaza has a border with Egypt that the Egyptian military also blockades, though of course no one likes to talk about that detail very much.
  
  Egypt being involved is pretty remote.
Yeah.. could we not? I want healthcare and cheaper groceries. Not to blow more people up.
- What if the team with the wrong imaginary friend wins? Can you imaging how sad the losing imaginary friend would be?
  
  Its the same imaginary friend. Most people don't get that.
- You wish that was how it worked.
- Let's say the US doesn't intervene. Would Israel use its nuclear weapons to defend itself?
  
  At some point, unless it finds some other creative ways to murder large amounts of Palestinians
  
  You mean the nuclear weapons they tooooootally don't have?
War country who builds war weapons and gives money to allies for them to buy war weapons suggests war will loom if their enemies threaten war.

And Im saying that as a American.
If countries join Hamas, I'm sure that the US will take appropriate action. But, that is a big if. This is more of a warning.
- Hamas has strong ties to Russia. This likely is a play to attempt to weaken US support for Ukraine in order to protect Israel.
  
  Joke's on them. The US has enough bombs for everybody! Where do you think all of our healthcare money was going.
War fuels the US economy, MIC is practically salivating.
- Then they should throw more $ to the GOP than Putin is
  
  Hard to compete with a kleptocracy on bribes. It's basically their whole deal
It has been 0 years since the USA was involved in a war in the middle east.
FUCK THIS FUCKING PLANET JFC
This is the best summary I could come up with:

Speaking on Sunday on MSNBC's "Weekends with Alex Witt," the four-star US Army general described how such an escalation likely would only occur if Israel's Middle Eastern neighbors became heavily involved.

Hamas militants launched a series of surprise attacks and rocket barrages against Israel on Saturday, killing hundreds and capturing dozens of hostages along the border of the Gaza Strip.

The US announced on Sunday that it is sending an aircraft carrier strike group, including F-35s and F-16s, to patrol the Eastern Mediterranean and deter all-out war involving Israel's neighbors.

"They're there for more than a show of force or a potential noncombatant evacuation," McCaffrey, who served in the Gulf War and led the US Southern Command from 1994 to 1996, told MSNBC.

Hezbollah, a militant group in Lebanon, said on Sunday that it had fired rockets into the Golan Heights, which Israel annexed from Syria in 1981.

Meanwhile, Egypt's Foreign Ministry on Saturday warned Israel of "grave consequences" and "serious repercussions" from escalating tensions with the Palestinians.

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