Results for “Lebanese Armed Forces”

Saudi Arabia. When Saudi Arabia wanted American forces removed from the kingdom, for example, Qatar was eager to compensate by hosting a more robust American command presence in the region. The Arab uprisings and subsequent GCC intervention in Bahrain have turned the tables, mak...

dependence on American military power, they will increasingly look to China for security assurances. China does not have a political agenda devoted to promoting democratization, and it maintains political and diplomatic ties with both Arab states and Iran. China's military activi...

emergency cabinet meeting the next day. His adviser on terrorism, Gideon Machanaimi, was someone I knew well. When the cabinet convened, he pointed out to the ministers that the London terrorists were from a fringe Palestinian group led by Abu Nidal. Far from being an ally of Ara...

that you came back,” he said. ““We’Il need each and every one of you to get the job done.” Then he hugged me again. It was as if, knowing I would soon be heading for the front line, he wondered whether we’d see each other again. I made my way to the office that the chief of staf...

…to that point. But to the Saudis, not to mention Bahrain's ruling family, even the occasional appearance of posters of Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah amid crowds of Shiite protesters pumping their fists and chanting demands for regime change was too much. They saw ho...

…t can do.” Bibi and his team had it in their sights. I considered not telling Amit what happened a few minutes later: a Lebanese shepherd, with a half-dozen sheep, stumbled on us. One of Uzi’s men, fluent in Arabic, tied the startled man’s arms behind his back, scattered the shee...

…f making the withdrawal as difficult as possible. They were also targeting our local surrogates, the Maronite-led South Lebanese Army militia. I’d been meeting regularly with Shaul Mofaz, the former paratroop officer who 337 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011808

… considering an Israeli attack. Fortunately, given the Phalangists’ record of violence bordering on savagery during the Lebanese civil war, Bashir Gemayel wasn’t willing to send them in. As for an Israeli assault, Begin’s ministers weren’t ready to sign off on it, and the America...

they have to accomplish this all on their own. A// of us must assume that. Keep cool. Stay focused. Rely on your instincts. We’re ready for this mission. And we are going to achieve it.” One minute after four in the afternoon, we got the word to go. I was in the lead buggy, cons...

decreasing from front to back is the cost (and ability to pay) for war. Without the financial capacity to make war, threat goes from left to right smoothly at the back of the box as tension gradually increases without the onset of armed conflict. When effective fighting capacity...

but I've been far better armed and more mindful of what they should be after the stern tutorial

armed with a couple of checks from friends

reports surfaced of attacks by armed tribesmen on three military outposts near the Iraqi border.

a society is divided into armed camps that

explain a puzzle in our lives or to help us through trauma. These stories are narratives that provide new truths by denying particular elements of reality. They represent the mind’s method of filling in gaps, providing justifications for what we can’t explain or wish to explain i...