BARNIDGE: Israel versus IranWashington Times
[6]and contemplating "counter-value versus counterforce" targeting issues, would opt for some sort or other of "mixed" strategy. In any event, whichever nuclear deterrence strategy Israel might actually decide to choose, what would only matter is what Iran itself wouldperceiveas real. Always, in...
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Trump urged Iran's supreme leader to negotiate new nuclear deal or face possible military action The Islamic Republic has significantly increased its stockpile of near-weapons grade uranium, enough to build six nuclear bombs, according to International Atomic Energy Agency 79 Comments March 7, 2025 ...
Its “Axis of Resistance” cracking, most recently with the toppling of the Assad regime in Syria, Iran has never been as vulnerable since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, observers tell JNS. With Iran’s leadership facing an emboldened Israeli military, the second coming of D...
Parallel to this military confrontation, though, there is also an ideological war. The way that Russia and Iran are trying to paint the ideological divide is in terms of civilization, Russia versus the West, or Islam versus Judaism. But in fact the divide is one that separates supporters of...
may also support Hizbullah sporadically. But I doubt that this conflict will involve any other actors. The Palestinians have alienated literally all their supporters over the years. They are political, diplomatic, and military orphans, pawns in the hands of the likes of Qatar, Israel, and Iran...
Tunisia and Turkey confronting extremist groups like al Qaida, ISIS, Hezbollah and Hamas and the aggressive proxy military state strategy of the Iranians in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and Yemen, it is clear that what we have is a clash of moderate versus violent, extreme forces that are trying to...
Now that an Israeli military spokesman has announced “it is not feasible” to warn unarmed noncombatants in advance of blowing up their homes and businesses, it would appear Netanyahu has determined international law no longer applies to Israel. But, did it ever?
Israeli war cabinet minister Gadi Eisenkot believes his country won’t be able to bring the hostages taken by Hamas back alive through military means, saying their release needs to be negotiated. “I think we need to say it bravely, that we cannot bring the hostages alive now if it’s no...