We should begin preparing now for the Evacuation of Israel
Summary: This article by guest author Franz Gayl (Major, USMC, retired) looks ahead, beyond Israel’s current moment in the sun. They face a divided Arab people and even more fragmented Islamic...
View ArticleDarkness slowly descends on the world (two examples: Greece and USA)
Summary: Recent events, such as the Greek election and the speeches of GOP congressmen, suggest it was premature to declare the “end of history”. As the post-WWII era ends, each day brings forth new...
View ArticleWhere did the great post-war dream for a new world go sour?
Summary: Tom Hayden’s post The Syrian dominos sparked some fascinating threads in the comments. One discussed what might be a formative moment in world history, one of events which set 21st century...
View ArticleIsrael becomes its enemy
Summary: Israel fights for its very existence against an enemy who has no regard for life. From a cosmic sense, Israel can lose in two ways. Violent defeat in some fashion (causing economic collapse...
View ArticleWhy Israel didn’t win in Gaza
Summary: Yet another in the long series of wars between Israel and its neighbors. The trend is not their friend. Power is not enough, especially when outnumbered and surrounded. Our support for...
View ArticleThe Fate of Israel
Summary: As Israel has another round of conflict with one of its neighbors, we should neither overlook the toll of causalities nor focus excessively on these details. More important is the long trend....
View ArticleIsrael learned from its patron the art of righteous theft and killing
Summary: Just as the West’s endemic antisemitism has infected other nations in the Middle East (or exacerbated it), Israel acts out the West’s standard imperialist scripts on the Palestinians. Take...
View ArticleMartin van Creveld looks at the propaganda fog that covers modern war
Summary: Today Martin van Creveld discusses the difficulty of finding the truth amidst the sea of propaganda that surrounds us. It’s an essential skill Americans seem to have lost. He concludes by...
View ArticleMartin van Creveld: A history of the turmoil in the Holy Land (you can’t...
Summary: Today Martin van Creveld gives a timeline of modern history for the “Holy Land” , putting present events in a larger context. While the struggle with jihadists has overshadowed that between...
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