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More On Israel's Strategic Clumsiness

Remember how we discussed Israel’s Intentionally behaving clumsily to strike fear in its neighbor’s hearts?

Pepe Escobargives us more details on the larger context in “the method in Israel’s madness“:

essentially, Israel fears the new Turkey, Syria and Iran as much as it fears Russian support for it. A new Middle East is being born – and there seems to be only one place for Israel: isolation.

Israel’s “mad dog” strategy – conceived by former military leader Moshe Dayan – is not exactly an exercise in fitting in