Israel Stops Taking Counsel from the Angel of Death - American Thinker - Clarice Feldman

The message in Lee Smith’s brilliant article in Tablet Magazine this week is that the U.S. must stop losing wars.  - Clarice Feldman

The message in Lee Smith’s brilliant article in Tablet Magazine this week is that the U.S. must stop losing wars. 

We create and fund and staff our military to protect us and it’s time to do that:

Only a fool could be blind to the fact that the Pentagon way of war, three decades into the 21st century and a world away from the United States’ last conclusive victory, means death for all who pursue it.

If Washington and the Europeans are appalled by Israel’s campaign over the last two weeks, it’s because the Israelis have resurfaced the ugly truth that no modish theories of war, international organizations, or even American presidents could long obscure. Wars are won by killing the enemy, above all, those who inspire their people to kill yours. Killing Nasrallah not only anchors Israel’s victory in Lebanon but reestablishes the old paradigm for any Western leaders who take seriously their duty to protect their countrymen and civilization: Kill your enemies...