Category Archives: War

Our fragile strategic paradise

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

Caroline Glick is famous for viewing developments with alarm. But this time there is no doubt that her worries are justified. If Jeremy Corbyn is elected British Prime Minister, it will not only be bad for the Jews of Britain, … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe and Israel, Jew Hatred, US-Israel Relations, War | 3 Comments

Israeli politics, not precisely as usual

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

This week: Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman quits his job and takes his party out of the coalition in anger over Netanyahu’s perceived weakness toward Hamas in Gaza, leaving the coalition with a 1-seat margin in the Knesset. Naftali Bennett and … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Politics, War | 2 Comments

Choosing Dishonor

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war. – Winston Churchill, to Neville Chamberlain As I write this, the recent “security incident” in Gaza seems to have receded to become, well, … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Politics, War | 2 Comments

How Israel could prevail in today’s asymmetric conflict

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

Much is made of the idea of asymmetric warfare, in which the side that is weaker in a traditional military sense manages to inflict harm on its enemy by the use of simple weapons and tactics involving small units, hit … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Islam, US-Israel Relations, War | 2 Comments

Wasps and terrorists

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

When I was a teenager in the 1950s, I was a science fiction nut. I would load myself down with books and short story anthologies from the library and even spend actual money on pulp magazines. There were a few … Continue reading →

Posted in American society, Information war, Terrorism, War | 1 Comment

Walking between the raindrops

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

Last week, a Syrian-operated Russian antiaircraft system shot down a Russian plane while shooting at Israeli jets that had bombed a target in Syria. 15 Russians were on the plane, and none survived. That is really all I know about … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, Middle East politics, US-Israel Relations, War | 2 Comments

A few questions for our leaders about the next war

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more. – George S. Patton The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, War | 6 Comments

New thinking required to defeat Hamas

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

Back when music came on Bakelite discs that spun at 78 rpm, the very fragile records would crack easily. When you tried to play a cracked disc, often the stylus (what everyone called the “needle”) would strike the crack and … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Palestinian Arabs, War | 3 Comments