US general warns Pentagon he doesn’t have military resources to protect Israel: report

The US needs to send another Navy destroyer to help defend Israel, the commander of the US European Command reportedly told the Pentagon

A top U.S. general reportedly warned his superiors this week that Washington lacks sufficient military power to protect the United States’ allies in the Middle East. The U.S. has positioned naval destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to stabilize the Middle East and bolster Israel’s security for years, with the d

The warning from the top U.S. general in Europe illustrates how the ongoing Iran war has imposed constraints on the military.

A shortage of Navy destroyers, used to defend against Iranian ballistic missile attacks, will force the head of U.S. European Command to prioritize the U.S. homeland instead, officials said.