war

Terrorists are not criminals

כ״ט בניסן ה׳תשע״א (Tuesday 3 May 2011)

Terrorists are not criminals in the sense that burglars, drunk drivers, perjurers, rapists and litterers are criminals. Terrorism may incidentally be a crime by its inclusion in the statutes that make it one, though pretty much any single action in the modern state is a crime by that standard. The proper paradigm with which to [...]

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On Religious War

כ״ח בניסן ה׳תשע״א (Monday 2 May 2011)

If two groups of people are fighting, and both groups deny that it is a religious war, it is not a religious war. If two groups of people are fighting, and both groups agree that it is a religious war, it is a religious war. But if two groups of people are fighting, and one [...]

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The Next Israel-Lebanon War

כ״א באלול ה׳תש״ע (Tuesday 31 August 2010)

When I wrote recently about the upcoming Israel-Iran War, I predicted that “Israel will provoke a war with Hezballah in 2010 to defeat them and to deplete their arsenal in the context of a conventional war.” Now I see Haaretz is agreeing that Israel might be planning to attack Hezballah preemptively. The article mentions the [...]

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Israel & Lebanon in the United States Empire

י״ח באלול ה׳תש״ע (Saturday 28 August 2010)

The United States arms its client Israel (or Israel is the puppetmaster that controls the United States – it depends whom you ask). The United States also arms a (former) close ally of Israel, Turkey. The United States also arms some of Israel’s neighbors, like Egypt and the Hashemite entity, as a reward for not [...]

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The Annexation Endgame

י״ז באלול ה׳תש״ע (Friday 27 August 2010)

IHTG asked what I thought about this article. He wrote: My feeling is that the settlers with their sense of community and extremely high birthrates find it easier to imagine surviving in a multi-ethnic society along with Arabs, in a sort of mini-Austro-Hungary, with themselves as the Austrians. For the rest of us, it could [...]

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The Israel-Iran War

א׳ באלול ה׳תש״ע (Wednesday 11 August 2010)

Get ready for Israel’s next war, people, because it might be coming soon. First thing: read what Jeffrey Goldberg has to say in The Atlantic. He points out that the point of no return is likely upon us and that, because President Obama is so reluctant to act, Netanyahu will feel compelled to attack Iran’s [...]

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