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Israel Has Begun Its War With Iran
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... Bob Kaplan is unillusioned about the huge risks involved but says we have no choice but to go along and hope for total destruction of Hamas as leverage for future negotiations with Iran. I have to say that the logic of his broader argument strikes me as a good one for containment, not aggression. But there are many factors in play - elections in Israel, Iraq and Iran soon - that will doubtless force all of us to keep re-thinking. ...
Great Robert Kaplan Piece on Israel/Iran War
The Corner on National Review Online —
[image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] Monday, January 05, 2009 [image] Great Robert Kaplan Piece on Israel/Iran War [ Michael Ledeen ] Here (via the web briefing). It's very close to what I've been saying , with all sorts of very smart insights that only someone as smart and attentive as Kaplan could write. And he writes it so well . . . 01/05 04:19 PM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2009. All Rights Reserved. Home | ...
“If he is smart, President-elect Barack Obama will now be quietly rooting for Israel.”
Chicago Boyz —
Robert Kaplan explains why.
Great American War Correspondent
Jules Crittenden —
... Weighs in. Robert Kaplan pulls way back for some perspective on what the fight in Gaza is about, and counsels the destruction of Iran’s proxy army in the outer edge of the modern Persian empire. Atlantic : … the mullahs in Teheran hold more sway in Gaza today than does the tired, Brezhnevite regime of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. Gaza constitutes the western edge of Iran’s veritable new empire, cartographically akin to the ancient Persian one, that now stretches all the way to western Afghanistan, where Kabul holds no sway and which is under Iranian economic domination. Israel’s ...
Dear 2006, I Have Some Propaganda I Would Like To Return
Whiskey Fire —
... about a piece in The Atlantic by douchebag's douchebag's douchebag Robert Kaplan where he sez "Israel’s attack on Gaza is, in effect, an attack on Iran’s empire, the first since its offensive on Iranian-backed Hezbollah in 2006." Um, pardon? Of all the people on whom it has been suggested Israel pawn off Gaza, Iran has not been one of them, ever, nicht wahr? And then of course there's Kristol, who ...
Hugh Hewitt: Jeffrey Goldberg and Robert Kaplan On Gaza On Today's Show
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Two Atlantic writers join me on today's program to discuss the Israel-Hamas war -- Jeffrey Goldberg and Robert Kaplan . Kaplan is very familiar to my audience, and every one of his visits very welcome. His most recent book is Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts . Goldberg has extensive experience in Israel, and his book Prisoners , is all about the Israeli-Palestinian relationship. Goldberg wrote this on his blog yesterday : I have friends in Gaza about whom I worry a great deal; I've seen many people killed in Gaza; I've served in the Israeli Army in ...
Hugh Hewitt: Jeffrey Goldberg and Robert Kaplan On Gaza On Today's Show
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog —
Two Atlantic writers join me on today's program to discuss the Israel-Hamas war -- Jeffrey Goldberg and Robert Kaplan . Kaplan is very familiar to my audience, and every one of his visits very welcome. His most recent book is Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts . Goldberg has extensive experience in Israel, and his book Prisoners , is all about the Israeli-Palestinian relationship. Goldberg wrote this on his blog yesterday : I have friends in Gaza about whom I worry a great deal; I've seen many people killed in Gaza; I've served in the Israeli Army in ...
ROBERT KAPLAN: “Israel has, in effect, launched the war on the Iranian empire that President George…
Instapundit —
... ROBERT KAPLAN: “Israel has, in effect, launched the war on the Iranian empire that President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, in particular, can only have contemplated.” ...
