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French General Michel Yakovleff HUMILIATES Trump for begging Europe to get involved in his Iran War, says that it would be like "buying cheap tickets for the Titanic" after it hit the iceberg.
This is beyond brutal...
"We have five reasons to say no to him, in fact," said Yakovleff. "So, the first one is that he didn't understand that if he wants to carry out a NATO operation, NATO has to take command. So, there will be an American general, but it's a single operation."
โYou canโt have an American operation where theyโre bombing whatever they can and then below that, the Europeans doing something else,โ Yakovleff said. โNo, no, no, it has to be one sole operation, under a NATO flag. I donโt think he understood that.โ
Yakovleff served as a three general in the French Army, was commander of the French Foreign Legion, and served in top positions in NATO. He's a highly respected military expert in France and regularly weighs in on issues of international importance.
Trump has been pleading with allied nations to get involved in his Iran fiasco. Iranian missiles and drones have made it impossible for oil tankers to obtain insurance to traverse the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's petroleum normally passes. Oil prices are skyrocketing. So far, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the European Union have refused Trump's request.
General Yakovleff went on to point out that Trump's strategic goals, beyond forcing open the strait, are vague and undefined. If NATO nations were even going to consider involvement, they would need the United States to explain explicitly in writing what the goals are.
"And it's not tweets, and it's not things that change every two minutes. So, already there, it's going to be necessary for Trump himself to know what he wants," said the general.
He said that there's also the issue of the lack of "confidence" in Trump. It's well-known that he regularly abandons his allies and he could do so here immediately after other nations got involved.
โHe would let us down whenever it suited him," said Yakovleff.
He ended his tirade by comparing Trump to the captain of the Titanic trying to "sell cheap tickets" for his voyage "after having hit the iceberg."
โAnd the last argument is American: you donโt reinforce failure. I learnt that at the U.S. Army War College. You donโt reinforce failure, you move on, you find something else.โ he added. "So, there are a lot of reasons to say no."
'We're not going to go into something where...': French General slams Trump's pitch for naval alliance to police Hormuz - BusinessToday
When asked why France will not be a part of the proposed, General Yakovleff said that the country has five main reasons to say no to Trump.
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