Category Archives: War

Vladimir Putin’s evil stroke of genius

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Vic Rosenthal

As a child, one of my great fears was being the victim of a chemical attack. I read and reread the article on chemical warfare in the Encyclopedia Britannica in the school library with horrified fascination. When we practiced getting … Continue reading →

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Why we should pay more attention to Putin than Trump

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Vic Rosenthal

“Iran is responsible for more than 80% of Israel’s security problems,” said PM Benjamin Netanyahu, at a ceremony marking 25 years since the bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires in which 29 died. Two years later, he noted, … Continue reading →

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Getting back to (strategic) basics

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Vic Rosenthal

— From a 1981 RAND Corporation report on “Israel’s Strategic doctrine.” The authors explain that this doctrine was developed because of Israel’s small size and lack of strategic depth, her small population compared to her probable adversaries, her economic weakness … Continue reading →

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Skirmishes in the cognitive war

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Vic Rosenthal

The struggle against Jewish sovereignty in the Middle East, which has been going on for at least 100 years, has lately been characterized by alternating diplomatic/psychological assaults with violence in the form of small wars and terrorism. The past year … Continue reading →

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The Third Lebanon War will be the Last Lebanon War

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Vic Rosenthal

If I’ve learned anything in my relatively comfortable and placid life it is that despite my good luck, evil is real. Sometimes it grows and sometimes declines. Today it’s gathering strength. Hezbollah came into being in 1985, as a response … Continue reading →

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