Top US officials tell Axios that the threats of a war widening from the Gaza Strip are increasing.
According to senior US sources, there is a genuine and growing fear of a war spreading beyond the Gaza Strip, which has prompted the Pentagon to raise the alert level for rapid deployment of additional US soldiers and move weapons systems closer to the area, a new column by Axios CEO Jim VandeHei and co-founder Mike Allen, “Behind the Curtain”, wrote.
Just three days prior, “Behind the Curtain” revealed five “global threats” that were causing concern for top US officials at the same time: “the Russia-China axis, “Israel”-Hamas, North Korea, weaponized fake videos hitting every battlefield and Iran’s saber-rattling.”
Why would that matter? The US officials are on edge due to “Israel” and Iran’s heated language, which includes open threats to escalate the conflict.
According to a senior administration official, “It’s quite a dangerous situation,” and “It could all veer off the rails quickly. The whole region could be in conflict.”
This is one of the main reasons Biden and his war cabinet are trying to slow down the Israeli invasion of Gaza with a complex game of ‘carrot-and-stick’. They need time to get ready for what they suspect would be an Iranian escalation, which includes quickly deploying additional air defense systems in the area, sources told Barak Ravid of Axios.
According to Lloyd Austin, the US Defense Secretary, who spoke to ABC’s This Week, “We’re seeing a prospect of a significant escalation of attacks on our troops and people throughout the region.”
Source; Almayadeen