Category Archives: Iran

Russia in the driver’s seat

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

It seems that Iran, Israel’s most dangerous enemy, is pushing hard against Israel’s red lines in Syria. Yediot Aharonot military correspondent Alex Fishman writes, The Iranian regime, it seems, isn’t taking the public warnings issued by the Israeli defense establishment … Continue reading →

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Don’t be the battlefield for somebody’s war by proxy

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

The other day I was reading an article by a South Korean writer, in which he expressed how unhappy his people were about being a battlefield for proxy wars. The Korean war from 1950-53 was a vicious conflict in which … Continue reading →

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Deterrence or preemption?

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

So you are a high-ranking Iranian officer in the “wiping Israel off the map command.” You need to present a strategic approach for defeating the Little Satan. What’s your plan? First of all, you have learned something from Israeli strategic … Continue reading →

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The next war and how to win it

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Israelis are good at Viewing With Alarm. And today’s newspaper is full of things to be alarmed about, all the way from the 130,000 missiles aimed at us and controlled by a regime that announces every day that we will … Continue reading →

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Why we should pay more attention to Putin than Trump

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Victor 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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Who will cut off the head of the snake?

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Remember the Cold War? In particular, do you remember when both sides had consistent ideological positions? Washington was always acting to stop soviet expansionism, preventing the dominoes from falling, while the Soviets fought to end American Imperialism. I miss the … Continue reading →

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Crying in Tehran

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Anyone who has ever tried to babysit a group of Israeli kids knows the expression translated as “this will end in crying.” Sometimes you just know that there will not be a good ending for certain kinds of behavior. Maybe … Continue reading →

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It’s a MAD, MAD world

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Si vis pacem, para bellum [he who desires peace, prepare for war] – Vegetius Anyone older than about 30 remembers the “balance of terror,” or in academic terms, the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). This meant that the US … Continue reading →

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