GOP presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy said Tuesday he is worried that an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza will trigger a series of events that will pull the U.S. into a larger conflict.
Mr. Ramaswamy said he fears an invasion would increase the chances that the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah launched an attack on Israel from the north.
“Israel has a right to exist and a right to defend itself, but I worry about two separate questions that I don’t think have been debated sufficiently: Is Israel even likely to succeed in that ground invasion and even if it does reach its stated objective of toppling Hamas, will that victory merely be pyrrhic in nature?” he said. “What succeeds Hamas 1.0 might be a worse version.”
Mr. Ramaswamy said he is aware his views set him apart from several of his rivals for the 2024 GOP presidential race — including when it comes to U.S. support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. He said the U.S. should strike a deal to end the war that involves preventing Ukraine from joining NATO and ceding parts of Ukraine to Russia in exchange for Moscow exiting its military alliance with China.
The events also have exposed a deep divide between President Biden and several of his other GOP allies — most notably former President Donald Trump.
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