Persuasion, Not Coercion, Is the Way to Get European Support for Sanctions on Iran
Publicize Iranian violations of international law.
June 20, 2018
Lessons for Syria from the Man Who Taught the Haganah
Orde Wingate’s counterinsurgency rules.
Early on in the Syrian civil war, the U.S. lent its support to rebel groups fighting Islamic State by giving them arms, funds, and military training. While the efforts were likely hamstrung by the Obama administration’s unwillingness to annoy Iran, to Aaron Eitan Meyer the very premise that allies can be bought with so-called “train-and-equip” programs is flawed. He points instead to the example of Orde Wingate, the British officer who led efforts to suppress the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine, trained the Haganah in counterinsurgency warfare, and directed campaigns in Ethiopia and Burma during World War II:
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Standing with the North Korean People Will Advance America’s Interests
A lesson from the experience of Soviet dissidents.
Lessons for Syria from the Man Who Taught the Haganah
Orde Wingate’s counterinsurgency rules.
Bad Reasons for Publishing Céline’s Anti-Semitic Screeds
A great novelist, and Nazi sympathizer.
In the Ancient City of Gamla, a Synagogue That Predates the Destruction of the Second Temple
And the site of a heroic fight against the Romans.