It is naive to think that conflicts in the Middle East can be resolved solely by military force and unilateral action, announced German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius on Wednesday. He told members of the German parliament that in his opinion The United States and Israel have no plan to end the military operation against Iran, which has been the target of their attacks since Saturday. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
According to Pistorius, “American and Israeli friends” need to be repeatedly reminded that military force alone will not solve conflicts. “History teaches us that it is much easier to start a war than to end it. That is to say, a solid strategy for ending the war must be prepared. I don’t see any at the moment.” said the German minister.
The US and Israel say they attacked Iran “preemptively” to prevent the regime there from acquiring a nuclear weapon. However, Tehran repeatedly rejects such an effort and in response undertakes retaliatory attacks on Israel and other states in the Middle East.
US President Donald Trump expressed his belief on Tuesday that if the US and Israel had not struck Iran, so he would be the first to attack. Tehran considers the American intervention to be unjustified. According to Reuters, Trump’s claim contradicts the explanation provided by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday. According to him, the US attacked out of fear that Iran might retaliate against the planned Israeli action.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met Trump at the White House on Tuesday. On admission he said that Germany agrees with the US on the need to remove the current Iranian regime. At the same time, he declared that he wanted the current war to end as soon as possible. “We hope that the Israeli and US military are taking the right steps to end this and that a new government is indeed formed to restore peace and freedom.” said the federal chancellor.
Trump said in recent days that a strike against Iran could take four to five weeks. On Tuesday, he declared that the US military had destroyed virtually all military targets in the Islamic Republic since Saturday and killed dozens of members of its leadership, including the supreme spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
