Former US Defense Secretary: War with Iran Has No 'Easy Exit'

'Lloyd Austin': 'Both sides currently believe they can wear down the other side in this confrontation and endure.' He added that resolving the dispute requires 'expert diplomacy.'

"Lloyd Austin", the former Secretary of Defense of the United States, said at a security forum in Poland that at this point, there is "no easy way out" of the war with Iran.

According to Ambassador Arjan's report, quoted by Bloomberg, Austin stated on Monday (today) in a round table during the "Warsaw Security Council": "Both sides now believe that they can wear down the other side and survive in this confrontation." He added that solving this conflict requires "expert diplomacy".

He said that the positions of America and Iran have become more difficult over time, and even though Iran's economy is under severe pressure, the Tehran government is used to such pressures. Even if these pressures harm Iranian civilians.

Austin noted that all of this shows that the Gulf region "will never return to pre-war status." He declined to comment on whether Trump's war was a strategic mistake, saying history will judge that.

Austin also pointed to growing technological cooperation between America's rivals and cited public reports that China was providing intelligence for Iran's airstrikes.

"We saw a militant group in Iraq fly a drone hundreds of miles over the desert and attack a pipeline in Saudi Arabia. That kind of targeting is sophisticated and sophisticated," he said.

He stated that the recent American proposal to supply Russian diesel reserves to the world market will not have much effect on improving the financial ability of the American people to buy fuel.

"The amount of fuel we're talking about is not going to have a significant impact on the price of fuel at the gas station," Austin said. He added that he agrees with Zelensky's concerns; Concerns that the deal would allow Putin to continue his all-out offensive, now in its fifth year.