January 13, 2009

Sadr City's Lesson for Gaza

Israel faces a Faustian bargain in Gaza: destroy Hamas utterly -- which appears impossible for all practical purposes -- or reach a cease fire that inevitably allows Hamas to re-arm and fight another day.  Either way, Israel seems to be fighting...

July 28, 2006

Israel's Strategy: Better a Poor Patton than the Full Monty

Recently, James Lewis posited that Israel's should the use the tactics of Gen. Bernard Montgomery rather than General George S. Patton in the current fight against the Islamofascists. In order to evaluate which tactics would be better suite...