Posted on 12/22/2023 3:48:12 AM PST by Eleutheria5
Israel has assured the United States of its plans “to transition from a higher intensity level of operations ... to something a bit lower-intensity” as its objectives shift in Gaza, the White House said Thursday, according to CNN.
“The Israelis say they recognize the need to transition to a different phase of fighting — I mean, in any military campaign, wherever you’re going to transition to a different set of objectives, you're going to achieve those different set of objectives through different tactics and operations, and that's just standard for the conduct of military operations,” White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters.
Kirby declined to offer a timeline on when exactly Israel would transition to that new phase, adding the Israelis “will decide when (and) they will decide what lower intensity looks like and what that means.”
“We are not dictating terms and timelines to the Israelis," stressed Kirby, who went on to say that the US has "talked about the importance of moving to lower intensity operations, and obviously we don't want them to do it sooner than they think they can do it safely and effectively, but we do believe we believe that a transition, you know, in the near future is the best possible outcome."
Kirby pointed to a series of high-level trips to the region, noting Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and national security adviser Jake Sullivan have all traveled to Israel recently, where officials “talked to them about our lessons learned in doing those kinds of transitions … as well as asking them some tough questions.”
Recent reports have indicated that the Biden administration has given Israel until the end of the year ...
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Are they still flooding the tunnels...or was that just hokum?
Dial back the whoopass. Be kinder. Be gentler.
““The Israelis say they recognize the need to transition to a different phase of fighting”
Good to hear - it’s time to LEVEL THE DUMP.
Meanwhile we will ignore what’s going on at the Northern border……they dont mention Hezbollah, Houthi’s, Syria, or Iran. What a joke these three are.
Hezbollah fires more than 20 rockets Friday morning at northern Israel; IDF responds with Lebanon strikes.
When did John Kirby become a spokesman for Israel and saying what they will and will not do. STFU, you dishonorable wretch.
Kirby is such a nothing little man.
Kirby is such a clueless idiot.
Hey John - it’s none of our business.
hey John - nice try but we are actually noticing what the Israelis have managed in 2 months that you haven’t in Ukraine in 2 yrs. so what is US advice worth, huh? your record stinks.
am just an arm-chair general, but elpadre says when you have the enemy back on their heels, you don’t let up, you must increase the intensity.
The Biden team is interfering and coordinating ever more closely with Hamas and Iran to assure Western defeat in the Middle East IMO.
The Biden administration knew that the IDF heavy air sorties into south Gaza were to the point they were no longer required. Biden then stepped up and demanded a change, taking credit for the known coming change.
The task now is to be accomplished on the ground by securing the tunnel access and then killling the trapped Hamas terrorists. There is a priority...... find yaya.
The air sorties are now shifted to Lebanon where dust and chunks and rebar tangles of Hezbollah structures are creatrd. Further, dust and Chunks and tangles if Iranian structures along with Iranian deaths are in process in Syria.
Recent reports have indicated that the Biden administration has given Israel until the end of the year to wrap up its war on Hamas.
Oh, sure, Biden can boss Israel around but Ukraine gets Biden’s enduring love.
Ukraine recently said their volumes of artillery “are not sufficient for us today,
given our needs, so our ammunition was having to be redistributed.”
The $106 million to Israel comes as Biden’s request for a nearly $106 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel is languishing in Congress.
Some Democratic lawmakers say the proposed $14.3 billion foreign aid pkg to Israel should be contingent on concrete steps by Netanyahu to reduce civilian casualties in Gaza.
Because dialing back will somehow win the war and make Israel safe. Taking military advice from the US who’s last win was, uh, hmm, well, 80 years ago.
Beautiful! Thanks.
(Lying as usual)
It’s what he does. Most of the time
And he’s so obvious, too.
Kinda following a good plan.
1. Kill as many combatants as possible.
2. Capture of any “prisoners” goes to immediate interrogation by a trained interogator and under extreme duress in order to obtain as much data in as short a time as possible. mainly the names of the 2-3 other members of his cell and immediate commander above and any members below him... .... enemy combatants not in an organized/recognized army are irregulars and should be killed and disposed of in a manner that makes them “disappear”. The enemy doesn’t need martyrs.... they’re just gone.. a memory... a statistic.
3. Any person that supports monetarily or physically the Hamas organization is an enemy and needs to be killed/destroyed.
4. Any person that provides comfort, verbal support, or transmits messages/professional services (IT, engineers,”advisors) are enemy combatants and should be killed.
5. The random destruction of entire areas either through negligence or mistakes should have maximum casualties in order to place more fear of the Israelis than of Hamas. Men, women, children.... everybody within the area of support is an enemy and in order to destroy areas of recovery, base of operations and resupply need to be known to be targets and be destroyed completely and in as short a period of time in order to amplify the fear it inflicts. It must be continuous and stopped only at the discretion of the person delivering the destruction.
(“it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince”
The Palestinians will NEVER “love” the Israelis. They have stated that they must be destroyed and any Jew from the “Mountains to the Sea” must be destroyed. I think the Israelis are honoring the Palestinian by believing what they are saying.... they are telling you that Jews must be destroyed..... and now they will have to deal with ramifications of talking sh@t and now are “getting hit”.
As for whether this is right or wrong. If this is just or unjust.... I really do not care. It’s not my fight, not my land and by getting involved with either side I am willing to put myself and my family at risk.... uh... pass.
As for the opposing forces... they are screwed....
as the great mind said a while ago...
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
But he’s lying when he says that the US is not imposing an artificial timetable to do all this good stuff. Remember Brandon wanted the end of US presence in Afghanistan to happen amid fanfare on 9/11/21.
That sure went well./s
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