The Folly of Avoiding Escalation at All Costs
Israel must find a way out of the war of attrition Iran is waging.
August 6, 2024
And what the U.S. can do about it.
In Thursday’s newsletter, I mentioned the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s apparent threat to send troops to attack Israel. Erdogan specifically referred to Turkey’s interventions in Azerbaijan and Libya, where it sent not members of its armed forces but of a private security contractor with close ties to the government. Jonathan Spyer tries to make sense of these remarks:
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Login or SubscribeIsrael must find a way out of the war of attrition Iran is waging.
And what the U.S. can do about it.
No, not that one.
Digging up the holy city.
“The most Hungarian of martial arts.”