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Matthew RobinThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
The statements do not quite line up. Escalation is threatened, then paused. A ceasefire is dismissed, then extended. Total control is claimed in one...
““And he alone, in all the world, must say Yes or No to that awesome, ultimate question, ‘Shall we drop the bomb on a living target?’”—...
For two decades, Western military doctrine was summarized in a simple phrase: clear, hold, build. You remove militants. You secure the territory. You...