PNN – A former Zionist security official has dismissed Trump and Netanyahu’s promises of victory as absurd and called for an end to the war.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, nearly a month has passed since the US and Zionist regime’s war against Iran, in which the enemy’s calculations turned out to be completely wrong. Voices of despair are increasing in the circles of the United States and the occupation regime regarding the results of the ongoing war against Iran, especially with repeated US statements about the war’s nearing end with an agreement with Tehran.
According to Arabi 21, in this context, General Giora Eiland, former head of the Israeli Internal Security Council, revealed the empty promises of the Israeli army and Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet, saying: It is easy to go back to the archives and read what the generals promised in the Gaza war that began in October 2023 and was one step away from complete victory, and what they promised on October 24 after the agreement with Lebanon, and what they promised nine months ago at the end of the attack on Iran in June 2025. On all these occasions and many previous ones, their promises included improving security for many years to come and claiming that the enemy would not be able or willing to return to confront Israel.
The former Zionist security official emphasized in an article: The two phenomena discussed here are empty promises and grand speeches about promises of victory, both of which are historical phenomena known from ancient times. In the case of the first phenomenon, we recall Napoleon’s goal of invading Russia in 1812. He was confident of achieving his goal for two reasons: first, he (Napoleon), a commander with absolute influence, wanted it, and second, his army was larger and stronger than the Russian army.
He explained that this war, like many other times in history when leaders failed to take decisive action, showed them that they had to examine all their assumptions, including hidden ones that they only realized when one of their officers brought them to their attention. So Napoleon avoided commenting on these issues: the size of Russia, its climate, and the need to feed such a huge army for months. But as for the economy, he assumed that his army would be fed by Russia’s vast agricultural lands.
The article continues: But Napoleon did not think that the Russians might resort to a scorched earth policy, burning their own lands to disrupt the economy of the massive French army. His second assumption was that if his army captured Moscow, the Russians would have no choice but to surrender. In fact, Tsar Alexander was in St. Petersburg when Napoleon invaded Russia and refused to enter into negotiations, and the war ultimately ended in a disastrous defeat for Napoleon’s army, with only a few survivors.
The Zionist official went on to emphasize that boasting about guaranteed victory is a relatively new phenomenon that began in the 20th century. In order for the citizens of any state to support their government’s actions, they must be reassured and convinced that victory is guaranteed, and that the war will be short, with few human casualties. Also, the economic cost of war will be quickly offset by victory, through the acquisition of additional resources at the expense of the enemy.
But in today’s war, he added, leaders like Trump and Netanyahu must talk about what they consider success to maintain public support. That’s what military commanders do when they focus on the realities of the operation and the number of targets they have struck and the hostile missile launches they have neutralized. But they end up mistakenly concluding that they have won, even though they don’t know at this point how or when the war will end.
The article continues by saying that in these circumstances, an agreement should be reached as soon as possible and the war should be ended, and it is possible to achieve some goals. Here, the war against Lebanon will certainly bring some in Israel to partisan interests, which is Netanyahu’s hidden desire for a war to occur before the elections, because 500 years ago, Niccolò Machiavelli presented the world with the shocking claim that in order for a leader to remain in power, he must act only on the basis of his own selfish interests, but he cannot express this publicly, so he must lie. Today, Netanyahu is implementing these steps, preferring personal interests to talking about other issues.