Shortening the Gaza War: Will Israel Consider It?
Having lassoed Gaza City in less than seven days, breached the “central military quarter” controlled by Hamas, and buttoned up escape…
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Ghosts and AI Spearhead Israel’s Gaza Offensive
If anything can be said for certain about Israel’s on-going multi-front offensive against Hamas, it is this: the aura of…
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Making Peace While the House Is Burning – Israel’s Impossible Choices
Obliterating the oppressed Palestinians of Gaza to punish them for the sins of their Hamas masters may finally accomplish one of…
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The “October Surprise” Surprises Us All Over Again
(Author’s note: This essay was written before the current Mideast crisis and my remarks about the Israelis in the Iran-Contra/October…
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Real Time Relevance of Pentagon Papers Leak
Author’s note: The passing of the incomparable Dan Ellsberg has prompted reams of rhapsodic prose about the importance of the…
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Ukraine, the Blitz, and the Christmas Bombing of Hanoi
Jeff Stein of the web site Spytalk recently compared Russian bombing of Ukraine to the London blitz of 1940 and…
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Stop Kvetching About Biden’s Afghan “Screw-Ups” – Kudos Are Owed
Author’s Note: I was never an eyewitness to the Afghan war. But as the CIA’s last intelligence analyst in Saigon,…
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What Vietnam Should Have Taught Us About Afghanistan
A lot of young reporters and budding military historians who wouldn’t know a Chinook from a Polish sausage are suddenly…
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Holding Trump Accountable for Abusing US Secrets: a Supreme Court Precedent Points the Way
The intelligence community and all sane citizens and allies of the United States are rightly freaking out about the implications…