Retired US Gen. David Petraeus, who led America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, says last week’s Hamas attack on Israel was “far worse than 9/11.”
Retired US Gen. David Petraeus, who led America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, says last week’s Hamas attack on Israel was “far worse than 9/11.”
Petraeus, who also once served as director of the CIA, said Sunday the Palestinian terror strike that killed more than 1,300 Israelis was proportionally greater to the terrorist attacks in the US that claimed thousands of lives Sept. 11, 2001.
“This is the equivalent of the US having experienced over 40,000 losses, rather than the 3,000 terrible losses that we sustained in the attacks of 9/11,” Petraeus told CBS News, comparing the two countries’ populations.
The military expert also warned Israel to think carefully about its upcoming actions as it plans to invade Gaza, once again invoking 9/11 and the subsequent US “war on terror” that engulfed America for decades.
“There should be a cautionary tale from our experiences in the wake of the 9/11 attack,” Petraeus said. “Some of the actions that we took, we look at differently now.
