The Ukraine and Gaza Strip wars have revealed that U.S. military planners who insist that the U.S. can maintain “full spectrum dominance” and fight two major wars at the same time are full of shit.
From Scott Ritter at sputnikglobe.com:
© AP Photo / Hatem Moussa
Israel has demanded military aid from the US for its war with the Hamas movement. Former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter pointed out that the Pentagon’s cupboard was bare and it was failing to meet recruiting targets.
The US cannot give Israel the arms it needs for a war with Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran — or even maintain its own forces — says a military veteran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared war on the Hamas movement that rules in the besieged Gaza Strip in the wake of the surprise attack by several allied militant groups on October 7.
The incursion and subsequent skirmishes — including with Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas on Israel’s northern border — has left almost 300 Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) troops dead with 200 more held captive in Gaza. around 1,000 Israeli civilians were also killed. That represents Israel’s worst losses since its 1982 invasion of southern Lebanon.
An interview with Douglas MacGregor on the same theme
One wonders if Hamas delayed its attack on Israel until Biden/Blinken had expended huge quantities of munitions in their Ukraine war. —Eds