Analysis & Commentary

Analysis & Commentary

https://www.c-span.org/video/?324735-1/discussion-2014-conflict-gaza

U.S. Generals: Israeli Military Restraint Bolstered Hamas

Israel’s military restraint during the conflict in Gaza last summer “unintentionally empowered Hamas” by allowing the terror group to distort international law and secure a public relations victory by exploiting the media, according a task force of retired U.S. generals.

U.S. Can Learn from Israel’s Experience in Gaza

Israel’s experience in last year’s fighting in Gaza produced some tough lessons the United States would do well to heed in future “hybrid” conflicts, such as the fight with the Islamic State, according to a report by retired U.S. generals.

Appeasement in Our Time

Is Barack Obama another Neville Chamberlain? I’ve been reluctant to make the comparison, but as talks with Iran have unfolded, it’s become impossible not to think of the 1938 Munich conference, where Britain and France agreed that strategically and economically