“The United States told Israel it must wrap up its operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip by the end of 2023, the New York Times reported on Thursday evening. The Biden administration further told Israeli officials to transition to a more targeted phase in its war, according to four senior US officials cited by NYT. “
First, note that “The Biden Administration” says, not Joe Biden or “the President says”. This stuff is not coming from the White House.
So why are they trying to boss Israel around and set deadlines? Because there’s two large US Naval armadas stationed there, complete with aircraft carriers, whose purpose is to prevent the other Muslim nations from interfering in this war, it’s costing a fortune, and they want those ships to be somewhere else?
Where do they want them to go? I don’t know but there’s possibilities. China may be about to invade Taiwan, Venezuela may be about to invade Guyana. Maybe they need them at Ukraine. Whatever the reason, the US military is concerned enough that “General Charles Q. Brown, the top US general, will join Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for meetings in Israel in the coming days, the Pentagon said on Thursday.”
A point I’d make now is just how important that tiny little country is to the world. General Brown is the Pentagon Chief of Staff.
Supposedly, they “will meet with the prime minister and minister of defense to reinforce the importance of taking civilian safety into account during operations and the critical need to increase delivery of humanitarian assistance”, but the real reason will be to discuss ways to lessen the danger of intervention from Syria, Egypt, Lebanon and other wanna-be attackers, so those ships can be deployed elsewhere.
My bet is that at least a couple of US guided missile cruisers and a few destroyers will be left behind as a warning to Israels enemies.