In a wide-ranging conversation with EIR, an Italian military source (ret.) said he is convinced that the current crisis with Iran was planned from the beginning as a move to preempt an Israeli action. However, this time all Arab countries reacted, and Israel itself got cold feet. “If Israel does something that the US doesn’t like, they can forget to refill their military hardware,” he said.
The source, who has a deep knowledge of Russian, Chinese, and NATO realities, said that Trump’s action on Iran is not favored by the Pentagon, as he cannot move carrier fleets around the globe. The US Navy is already overstretched. They do not control the entire Pacific anymore. So, Trump moves a fleet from the Pacific into the Gulf, leaving an empty space that someone else will fill. Although the US strategic posture says that the US cannot support this overstretching any more, Trump is doing the opposite.
