Two things are of particular concern to the future White House. israeli invasion in Gaza, the perennial announced as “imminent”: the first, that no clear and achievable military objectives have been identified.

with what everything and nothing on the Strip would be the target of that offensive. Very worrying when Hamas militants are so embedded in the civilian population.

In all wars it is essential to set clear objectives, with achievable phases, and that is not happening

Defense experts emphasize that “in all wars it is essential to set clear objectives, with achievable phases.” “In this case, that is not happening,” explained Yago Rodríguez, from ‘The Political Room’, who in ‘Al Rojo Vivo’ adds: “Then you have an Army that wants to come in hot and has not just received the order”.

And it has not just received it because – and here comes the second concern and pressure from Washington – Israel does not seem to have a clear idea the day after either: whether to occupy Gaza or not and leave a dangerous power vacuum. “The United States does well to warn, no one knows what it is better than the Americans. win a war and lose a postwar”, pointed out Blas Moreno from ‘The World Order’ also in ‘ARV’. Let them ask Iraq or Afghanistan.

Former President Barack Obama recognizes it thus in an open letter: “The United States itself has sometimes not fully respected its highest values ​​when it has gotten involved in wars, and after 9/11, the American Government was not even interested in heeding the advice of our allies.”

After 9/11 we made mistakes, don’t let that consume you

Senior US Defense officials have been reminding President Biden of this for days. Hence his call a week ago in Tel Aviv: “After 9/11 we sought justice and we obtained it, but we also we made mistakes; “Don’t let that same rage consume you,” Joe Biden said last Wednesday.

His party colleague Obama has gone further in this writing, stating that the lack of strategy and the hot Israeli decisions seen so far “threaten not only worsen the growing humanitarian crisis; could harden Palestinian attitudes for generations, undermine global support to Israel, give wings to your enemies and undermine efforts for lasting peace and stability in the region.

All this, furthermore, with a very divided Israeli society in this regard at all levels, including the militaryas Ruth Ferrero, professor of Political Science and European Studies at the Complutense University of Madrid, points out:

“Even reservist groups like ‘Brothers in Arms’ said that they were not going to support the Army,” he points out. And he explains: “Because the Government of Israel It is decomposing. And not only that, “is trying to break down Israeli democracy.”

The Pentagon has sent decorated commanders not to tell the Israelis what to do, they insist, but to try May the remedy not be worse than the disease.