And yet, the use of the military whip in the future will continue to be measured and selective, to avoid embroiling the American people in another painful and destructive quagmire in a part of the world they generally view as minor from a national security perspective.
The prolonged political deadlock is seriously undermining Israel's domestic and regional interest. Blue and White's stalling tactics in the coalition talks are a disgrace.
Two IDF officers censured, two others face disciplinary action after IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi finds that, while the troops deployed on the Israel-Lebanon border properly prepared for a potential attack by Hezbollah, the officers failed to enforce orders in full.
“We are refining our strategic mission for the coming decade, based on the challenges Jews are facing today,” says Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog.
The ISIS leader would sometimes hold strategy talks with his commanders in moving minibuses packed with vegetables in order to avoid detection, one of his top aides informed agents after he was arrested by Turkish authorities and handed to the Iraqis. Ismael al-Ethawi "gave valuable information which helped the Iraqi multi-security agencies team complete the missing pieces of the puzzle of Baghdadi’s movements..." says Iraqi security official.
