Yossi was sick and Skyped me this morning.
He thought that he could share the pain, but I was having none of it. I’ll do a lot for friends, but taking on a nasty bout of food poisoning is right over the line.
However, Yossi DID succeed in dropping a bomb on me. He very casually said, [...]
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The Six Day War stunned the world. The tiny country of Israel had successfully fought off the most powerful armies of the Arab world and tripled its territory. The Soviet Union’s attempt to unite the Arab world under its leadership was given an embarrassing defeat.
In response, a humiliated Arab world expelled their Jewish citizenry, and Egypt, [...]
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Day two of the war dawns.
Day One was an unparalleled success, and the question was whether day two would be as unqualified a victory.
One of the most famous sayings attributed to military battle plans is this one:
No plan survives the first enemy contact*
      — Helmut von Moltke, the Elder (1800-1891)
The plan had already had one failure. [...]
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Posted in America, Democracy, Egypt, Europe, Hezbollah, Hitler, Iran, Islam, Jordan, Judaism, Lebanon, Nazi Germany, Palestinians, Peace, Religion, War fighting on Feb 7th, 2007
At the ripe old age of 90, Barnard Lewis has seen a lot, and the part of the ‘lot’ that we are interested in is Iran.
True, he’s controversial, and he’s stuck his foot in a lot smelly topics and come away with a bad smell himself… But, his insight is incredible. So many of his predictions have come [...]
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Leaders in the Arab world are worried.
Very.
And, in the international news media, they talk about how worried they are, what they are worried about, and then blame it all on Israeli aggression.
They say that Israel’s war with Hezbollah is radicallizing the ‘Arab street’ (the average Arab) and threatening the stability of the Middle East.
Outside of [...]
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