Not nostalgic for 1968-1969
And yet here we are. In some ways it’s better than it was then. For example, the US isn’t actively at war abroad, and young people aren’t subject to the draft to fight in such a war. But in so … Continue reading →
Category Archives: War and Peace
Pressure, pressure: two more Israeli hostages in videos from Hamas
A few days ago Hamas released “proof of life” videos of two Israeli-Americans held hostage since October 7: In their latest depraved move, the terrorist group/political entity Hamas released a “proof-of-life” video Saturday of American hostage Keith Siegel, a father … Continue reading →
Hamas releases video of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
A breaking story: The Hamas terror group has published a new propaganda video showing signs of life from 23-year-old Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin. In the nearly three-minute-long video, Goldberg-Polin, who is seen missing one of his hands, identifies himself and … Continue reading →
Watching the sausage made: what happened to the border bill?
This: The House of Representatives on April 20 rejected another border security bill. A person might be forgiven if, on reading that, he or she concludes that Republicans didn’t favor it. After all, the GOP controls the House (although barely), … Continue reading →
Foreign aid for Ukraine and Israel passes the House
Republicans are more split on aid to Ukraine, while Democrats are more split on aid to Israel. That means, however, that aid to both countries is supported by the majority of Congress through the mechanism of bipartisanship. That’s the way … Continue reading →
I want to highlight this video on Israel’s Iran attack
In case you missed it when I posted it in an addendum yesterday – here’s a fascinating take on what Israel’s attack on Iran was all about:
Continue reading →Iran, Israel, and MAD
So, what’s going on between Iran and Israel after Israel launched a limited strike against Iran?: The primary target seems to have been air defense systems around the Khatami Air Base near Isfahan. This is one of the bases from … Continue reading →
Caroline Glick on Iran’s attack on Israel
I had not realized it was the largest missile and drone attack ever. Most of the video is on the topic of the attack, but there’s a short detour about an April 15 demonstration that turned out to be fairly … Continue reading →
More on the Iran attack
Jordan participated in the defense against Iran’s strike on Israel, saying it did so to protect its own citizens. But was that the only reason? As I wrote in this post nearly a week ago, the government of Jordan and … Continue reading →
Is Iran’s attack on Israel beginning?
An attack from Iran has been anticipated by Israel and threatened by Iran: is this the start? And what will be Israel’s retaliation? And what after that, and after that?
Continue reading →Does Hamas have a strategy?
Commenter “Art Deco” observes: I don’t think Hamas ever had what you’d call a ‘strategy’, unless there were co-ordinate campaigns planned which Iran and Hezbollah never implemented. It’s what Martin Peretz described 40 years ago in a review of a … Continue reading →
The killing of Dexter Reed: the police as Israel
In Chicago, a black man named Dexter Reed was killed by police after he shot one of them during a traffic stop. The media covered it in the usual manner: Three weeks ago, Dexter Reed out of Chicago shot by … Continue reading →