Wednesday, 23. August 2006

The cult of the offensive

Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland

08/21/06

Israel suffers from the cult of the offensive, which also afflicts the U.S. military. Believing that grabbing the initiative and taking the fight to the enemy wins wars, both of these militaries have stumbled into the tar pit of fighting wars that only guerrillas could love. Both Israel and the U.S. militaries should have known the potency of defensive guerrilla warfare tactics from their prior experiences in Lebanon and Vietnam. But both were arrogant in thinking that their forces should not 'slum' by training to fight against such rag tag enemies -- even though it was fairly clear that politicians with no military training would be oblivious to the internal contradictions of counterinsurgency warfare and would once again order them to undertake it...

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1794


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=counterinsurgency

A resistance to war

Common Dreams
by Ramzi Kysia

08/22/06

Last week, I made my first trip to South Lebanon since the war began. Having traveled a fifth of the world, and been present during "wars" in Iraq, Palestine, and New York - I can honestly say that I have never seen such complete devastation in my entire life. The only thing that even comes close are the pictures I've seen from World War II. Much of South Lebanon simply lies in ruin...

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0822-30.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Acknowledging an inability to defeat terrorism!

War on terror is a perpetual fight, says minister

A government minister today gave a stark warning that the "war on terror" was a war without end, telling a community meeting that the fight against extremists was likely to be "perpetual".

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14659.htm

War is terror

Former Mossad boss steels West for 'third world war'

He argues that the threat of international terrorism is growing, leaving Western democracies no choice but to team up and aggressively root out terrorists wherever they can be found.

http://tinyurl.com/fmg3r


From Information Clearing House

British intelligence knew about the liquid explosives on airlines long before the actual raid

Who traded the airline stocks before and after and with information from whom?

http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/12725.asp


From Information Clearing House

A powerful turning point in the balance of power

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14649.htm

Restarting the 34 Day War
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14652.htm

Israel Must Win
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14656.htm

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The War Was Not Supposed to End This Way

Israel is not better off strategically than it was at the beginning of the war; this in itself is a Hizballah victory. Israel must prepare to win the next round decisively.

http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp546.htm



Gaza swelters through summer without power

Ever since Israel bombed the new power station in the center of the Strip, the heat has become unbearable. The bombing has disrupted the supply of electricity to some 1.5 million residents; food in refrigerators goes bad, the patients in the hospitals groan, industry and work are paralyzed, traffic is gridlocked and there is a severe water shortage.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=753203


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=balance+of+power

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