Translating National Self-Defense to Military Operational Scale One of the most common criticisms of the Israeli military campaign against Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad is that it is both overly aggressive and indiscriminate, resulting in a massive-scale of civilian casualties…

Over the weekend Iran launched a ballistic-missile, drone and cruise-missile attack on Israel from its own soil. The attack was without subterfuge and of a scale well beyond any that preceded it. The strike was indiscriminate in targeting and designed…

Single incidents of error in battle can and often do have a defining effect on how the public perceives the legitimacy of a war. Americans old enough to remember the name My Lai, or Abu Ghraib, will no doubt understand…

Iran has over the years built a “smart” strategy for its war with Israel. This strategy has two main components: 1. Military nuclear capability to serve as an umbrella to ensure that hostile actions against Iran will not be possible, and that…