“There is an ongoing trade war that wants to change global rules. This is a war that triggers another war,” Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said in an interview today. PrintHe announced that Italy needed to prepare for a changing world and that reserve forces would be needed “to defend themselves together with the armed forces.” Crosetto thinks: “We have transformed the armed forces with the idea that there is no longer a need to defend our territory and that peace is practically an irreversible success. In this context, the armed forces participate, at most, in peacekeeping missions, in real conflicts, without any permission. The fences are now down, the rule is now no.”
“hybrid warfare” according to Crosetto
According to Crosetto, attacks on ships in the Red Sea are not just a military offensive, but a new chapter of “hybrid warfare”. “Italy will send a ship to join other ships already in the region on other missions,” the defense minister said. We reached an agreement with France and Germany to progress faster. But then weeks were lost on the details and we couldn’t afford it anymore. We cannot bomb unless there is an international decision or a request from a friendly country. “We can respond to attacks, perhaps even predict them.”
Then warning. “We have always created rules with the idea of a peaceful world, of nations that do not invade others, of wars that do not affect the well-being of our citizens. Instead – the minister warns – we find ourselves in a stalemate where destabilizing actors Iran, Russia and North Korea have a military production superior to that of NATO “It’s a different world in which he has the capacity,” he said.
“The army needs reserves to defend Italy”
Guido Crosetto underlines that the role of the defense minister “requires taking into account the worst possible scenarios”, such as “having to defend oneself on one’s own territory”. Another issue that should be foreseen is intervention in distant countries for defense purposes. “Italian interests… I know this is a difficult thing to accept because we all tend to hide in a comfort zone.”
Therefore, he proposes the creation of a military reserve. “We do not want war – he explains – the reserve forces are needed not to wage war, but to defend themselves in support of the regular armed forces and only in the unlikely event of a direct attack. There is no ideological vision, but pragmatic. Switzerland, which has not participated in conflicts for centuries but is ready to defend itself like”. These are “volunteers who can be deployed to support the armed forces in case of need. The army will need to become increasingly specialized, but then a wider pool will be needed. There is already a delegation from the Parliament for the reserve. It is linked to the war in Gaza. That is why a solution is needed as soon as possible.” It needs to be found.”
Source: Today IT
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