Why Did Israel Strike Iran Now?
Therefore, as in all social fears, there will be an increasing belief in the coming decade that the federal government is in the hands of conspirators.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
In many ways, even Israelis who did not believe that Iran would attack Israel understood that an Iran that could attack Israel was a game changer.
Daniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
On June 7, 1981, eight Israeli fighter jets streaked east toward Iraq. Arriving undetected, they dropped their bombs; the Iraqi reactor at Osirak was completely destroyed, and all the planes returned safely to Israel. While the attack was a glorious moment for Israel’s military, international reaction was immediate and unremittingly critical. The F
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“Why should terrorists target the Jewish State?” was supplanted by “What has Israel done to the Palestinians to drive them to such desperation?”
Michael B. Oren • Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
The doctrine of deterrence has taken a beating. Few doubt that Israel can strike back at Gaza in a very powerful way, and yet that wasn’t enough to stop the attacks. I am still trying to digest this one.
Tyler Cowen • A few implications - Marginal REVOLUTION
ISRAELIS EVERYWHERE HAD PASSIONATE reactions to what was unfolding. To religious Israelis, the mere fact that the Jewish state had averted disaster—and in such a dramatic and decisive fashion—was a sign of nothing less than God’s hand active in human history. Some believed that the war was the herald of the age of the Messiah. It seemed to them tha
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