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Walter Russell Mead Should say what he Means

From On November 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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This weekend, Ariel Sharon’s son Gilad published an instantly-notorious op-ed in which he called for Israel to abandon any attempt to distinguish combatants from civilians and “flatten all of Gaza” — a proposal of genocide or something close to it. The same day, however, saw the publication of

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Colonel Liron Libman, Former Head of the Israeli IDF International Law Department, Responds to my Post

From On November 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

By Dan Joyner

via Arms Control Law

Colonel Libman was responding to my post from last Thursday regarding Steve Walt’s recent FP piece. However, I wanted to give Col. Libman’s comment, and my response to it, their own post.  I’ll first copy Col. Libman’s comment as a block quote, and then give [...]

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Will Iran be the United States’ Melos?

From On August 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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One of the most depressing aspects of all the talk about Israel or the United States destroying Iran’s nuclear facilities (and much else besides, no doubt) is the near absence of any reference to international law. Even so distinguished an expert as Anthony Cordesman seems to take it for granted [...]

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