Israel’s Great Strategic Failure
E. Rowell: The US and Israel have been beset by a similar problem: the infiltration and subversion of critical governmental agencies by Communists, Islamist apologists, and globalists, three constituencies whose goals are completely averse to the survival of the majority of the citizens of each country. In Israel, the military and intelligence services were/are headed by individuals whose political ideology blinded their capacity to make decisions in the best interests of national security. People who are charged with a country’s national security and who further the interests of the enemy should be charged with treason. The security of the people of Israel requires that they be brought to justice.
It wasn’t October 7. It’s the continuing avoidance of military action against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
By Michael Makovsky, THE BACK PAGES/DAILY SCROLL 30 May 2024
It has become conventional wisdom after Oct. 7 that Israel for years had the wrong policy toward Gaza. While the unfathomable catastrophe of that day has rightly forced a critical examination of all the factors that led to it, it’s arguable that Israel’s broad pre-Oct. 7 policy toward Gaza, in contrast to its strategic conception and military preparation, was at least understandable, if not correct. In contrast, there has been less criticism of Israel’s policy toward Hezbollah in Lebanon over the past two decades. Not only does the policy toward the northern front raise even more troubling questions than Gaza, but also, now more than ever, it looks like a major strategic failure.












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