Peloni: Excellent article! One point with which I would argue is that I believe that the outsourcing of weapon procurement to the US did have an impact on military engagements prior to October 7, but the Israeli public was then held in its pre-October 7 conception, and, unlike the current situation, they were willing to accept assurances by the political and military leadership that the threat from the enemy had been contained, as they acquiesce to US pressure to limit their response and thus allow the vicious cycle to start anew all over again. Of course, October 7 changed everything, and the result of this is that the half baked solutions of past attacks are no longer tolerable, causing the US to more and more boldly leverage Israel’s dependency on US munitions into public view.
For us to fearlessly and to clearly address these existential issues we must re-embrace our sovereign mission to protect our citizens in the one and only Jewish nation-state.
By DOUGLAS ALTABEF | AUGUST 20, 2024
PEOPLE LOOK ON as smoke rises from a fire that broke out near Kibbutz Shamir in the Upper Galilee, as a result of a rocket attack from Lebanon, last week. The writer asks: What about securing the ability of our citizens to return to their homes in the North? (photo credit: AYAL MARGOLIN/FLASH90)
Like most people here, I look at our current situation and scratch my head. It is not the omnidirectional hatred and attacks that have me befuddled. Our enemies are doing what they always do, or at least wish they could do.
But it is us that I can’t figure out. It is the amazing dissonance of our swagger from our actions. It is the nagging sense that everything we do has to be coordinated with, or worse, approved by the Biden administration.
It is the gnawing feeling that we are not calling our own shots, that we are not in control of our own destiny. Bottom line, we have seemingly opted for vassal status instead of being the unambivalent sovereign state that I thought we were.
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