Tag: Israel
Stevenson’s army, November 20
– WSJ says militants are hiding in African parks
– WaPo sees civil-military clash over responding to threats to US forces
– WaPo quotes former Trump officials now very critical of him
– Some Democrats want to condition aid to Israel
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Stevenson’s army, November 13
– The Hill looks at the budget fight as viewed by the House and by the Senate.
– Bloomberg says Netanyahu also faces a budget dilemma.
– WaPo details Hamas planning
– NYT contrasts Xi’s public statements in his first term with internal statements.
– WSJ reveals back channel maneuvers setting up Xi-Biden talks.
Charlie added these extras later:
– Matt Yglesias explains how the weakness of US political parties — and because the hyperpartisanship is negative rather than affective — prevents any significant challenges to Biden and Trump.
– Politico says US defense companies don’t like the Buy American requirements.
-Political scientists discuss possible occupation of Gaza.
-The history of human shield concerns goes back to the Franco-Prussian war and has been ideologically divisive ever since.
-Lawfare explains the formation of Israel’s wartime cabinet. [Historical note, when Churchill became prime minister in May 1940, he created and assumed the role of Minister of Defence, although there was no ministry of defence at the time.]
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Stevenson’s army, November 5
Exactly one year before the big federal elections —
– WaPo suggests both House and Senate might flip control.
– NYT polls look bad for Biden in battleground states. Here’s more analysis.
– WSJ says US & Israel divided over Gaza goals
– NYT says US offered ideas to reduce civilian casualties
– NYT sees rift in Ukrainian leadership
– WaPO says Putin had good October
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Stevenson’s army, November 1
– WaPo says House GOP Israel bill will add $90 billion to the debt over 10 years.
– Yale prof warns against bombing Mexico
– Consistent with War Powers law and past precedent, Biden informed Congress of the recent US attacks in Iraq and Syria.
– I’ve often told the story that LBJ asked a prospective White House counsel if he was “a Yes lawyer or a No lawyer.” NYT says Trump would want only Yes lawyers in a new administration.
– SecState Blinken expects a “revitalized Palestinian Authority” will rule postwar Gaza.
Trade-offs [from D Brief]
Chinese-drone ban gains pace: Later today, bipartisan members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party plan to introduce the American Security Drone Act of 2023, the latest attempt to stop the U.S. government from buying drones built in China and other countries labeled as national security threats. It follows several failed attempts to extend the current ban on DOD purchases of Chinese drones to the rest of the government, including a companion to a Senate bill that was re-introduced in February after failing to pass in 2021.
Here’s a case for such a ban, from former INDOPACOM ops director Mark Montgomery, now with FDD. Essentially, he argues at D1, Chinese-made drones could spy on U.S. citizens and infrastructure.
Here’s a case against it, from drone expert Faine Greenwood, writing at Foreign Policy. The FP piece is paywalled, but she limns it here: “There’s one big, fat problem: there is no non-Chinese consumer drone company that does what DJI does. Much less does it at such a low price-point, which is a vital consideration for the vast swaths of modern drone users who don’t have unlimited cash to throw around. And building a DJI-killer is a lot harder than you might assume: although a number of Western competitors tried to knock DJI off the pedestal over the last decade, they all failed…Eventually, they largely stopped trying. This is also why both Ukrainians and Russians are continuing to chew through vast quantities of DJI drones on the battlefield, despite massive misgivings about their reliance on Chinese tech.”
DOD’s current bans: The Pentagon stopped buying drones from China’s DJI in 2017, and most off-the-shelf drones in 2018; that same year, Congress generally but not totally forbade the military to buy any Chinese-made drones.
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Stevenson’s army, October 30
– NYT has good summary of Israeli failures before Oct 7.
– NBC says US defense spending hasn’t boosted jobs much.
-Why US hasn’t ratified UNCLOS came up in class. A former student tells the story.
– Intercept says US is building secret base in Israel.
– Politico tells how Russia colonized Alaska.
– Wapo says Ukraine has lost support by supporting Israel.
-WSJ says Trump plans for executive branch could go into effect.
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Stevenson’s army, October 23
– Atlantic writer sees end of Netanyahu, notes his policy of “propping up Hamas.”
– Haaretz says the PM is blaming the IDF.
-Economist sees Israel’s window of legitimacy for responding shrinking.
– Politico reports on pro-Israel lobbying.
– Some Members may be primaried over Israel.
– CNN poll shows support for Israel.
– WSJ says ground attack has high costs.
– Dan Drezner applauds new Venezuela policy.
– Tom Edsall reviews views on constitutional flaws
-Politico says conservatives are now attacking cyber’s CISA.
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