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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 1/6/2009

Proportionality And Terror

— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — Noah Pollak asked me to provide some framework for a discussion of proportionality and just war theory... with respect to the Israeli attack on Gaza. In re-reading my Catechism and brushing up on just war theory, I am struck first of all by how alien ... (more) Proportionality And Terror

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online.wsj.com - 1/6/2009

Opinion: An Endgame for Israel

— online.wsj.com — Maybe this column would get a better reception if it were titled, "No Endgame for Israel." Because... the quantity of commentary claiming that Israel cannot possibly achieve any kind of successful outcome in Gaza is already approaching presurge levels of ... (more) Opinion: An Endgame for Israel

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timesonline.co.uk - 1/5/2009

Hamas: Israel has legitimised the killing of its children

— timesonline.co.uk — Fighting intensified on the northern outskirts of Gaza City yesterday as a Hamas leader warned that the... Islamists would kill Jewish children anywhere in the world in revenge for Israel s devastating assault. They have legitimised the murder of their ... (more) Hamas: Israel has legitimised the killing of its children

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FP.com (Jan 6): Israeli Ambassador
Abu Aardvark — ... For email subscribers, here is the link to today's post at my new foreignpolicy.com blog: "We have no grand political scheme," in which I describe the Israeli Ambassador's inability to explain Israel's strategy in Gaza. I will continue to post these links, along with the daily tags here at this blog until the problem of transferring email subscriptions can be resolved.  I will also use this space to give advance notice on two public diplomacy events I'll be taking part in next week: Tuesday, January 13:  I will be chairing ...

Invading Blind
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Today Marc Lynch attended a lecture by Sallai Meridor, Israel's Ambassador to the United States: Asked three times by audience members, Meridor simply could not offer any plausible explanation as to how its military campaign in Gaza would achieve its stated goals. Indeed, he at times seemed to offer this absence of strategy as a virtue, as evidence that the war had been forced upon Israel rather than chosen: "we have no grand political scheme... we were forced to defend ourselves to provide better security, period." With current estimates of 550 ...

Proportionality - I Do Not Think Tha' Word means Wha' You Think It Means
Winds of Change.NET — ... Marc Lynch raises these questions in a post at his home at the excellent new Foreign Policy blog. (My goal for Winds, by the way, is to be a single-A or double-A farm team for sites like FP) ...

Be Careful What You Wish For
Newshoggers.com — ... Marc Lynch, writing at his fancy new digs, passes along this disturbing account of a lecture he attended given by Israel's Ambassador to the United States Sallai Meridor: ...

FP Jan 7
Abu Aardvark — ... For email subscribers, here is the link to today's post at my new foreignpolicy.com blog: "...and the winner is (speech!)", in which I ponder Ayman al-Zawahiri's very good week. The title lyric is a gimme, I hope. I will continue to post these links, along with the daily tags here at this blog until the problem of transferring email subscriptions can be resolved.  ...

Be Careful What You Wish For
Obsidian Wings — ... Marc Lynch, writing at his fancy new digs, passes along this disturbing account of a lecture he attended given by Israel's Ambassador to the United States Sallai Meridor: ...

FP Jan 9
Abu Aardvark — ... For email subscribers, here is the link to today's post at my new foreignpolicy.com blog: Being Invisible, 2.0, in which I bemoan the absence of U.S. public diplomacy in the Gaza crisis I will continue to post these links, along with the daily tags, until the problem of transferring email subscriptions can be resolved.  ...

Israeli Soldier in Gaza: "Purification . . .It's Dirty Here; Massive Protests in London, Barcelona
Informed Comment — ... right. None of us can understand why a country would want to create chaos right on its borders. David Rose has discovered documents demonstrating that the summer, 2007 break of Fatah with Hamas was orchestrated by the Bush administration after the two had finally achieved a national unity government that January. The plan was later doctored to make it look like it was all coming from Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas. For other takes on Gaza see Helena Cobban, Marc Lynch, and Joshua Landis, among others (see my Friends and Interlocutors on the ...

FP Jan 12
Abu Aardvark — ... For email subscribers, here is the link to today's post at my new foreignpolicy.com blog: put up or shut up, in which I respond to critiques of Friday's post on U.S. public diplomacy in the Gaza crisis Why Obama still needs to get out of Iraq, in which I direct readers to my new article on, well, why Obama still needs to get out of Iraq.  I will continue to post these links for the forseeable future.  For old aardvark fans, here's a poster done in the manner of the iconic Obama poster: ...

FP Jan 15
Abu Aardvark — ... For email subscribers, here is the link to today's post at my foreignpolicy.com blog: Debating U.S. Public Diplomacy, in which I report on my public dialogue with Under-Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Jim Glassman at the Elliott School. ...