Epstein Secrets

umvent these joint judgments of reality. One tactic is to convince us the costs of war won't be so great. Just the other day your defense minister, Ehud Barak, tried to minimize the aftershocks: "There will not be 100,000 dead or 10,000 dead or 1,000 dead. The state of Israel will not be destroyed." He sh

rom Israeli Defense EFTA00687006 Minister Ehud Barak that the Iranians would soon enter a "zone of im

ngs from Israeli Defense EFTA00687006 Minister Ehud Barak that the Iranians would soon enter a "zone

ibed to me by a four-star general. It is not the proverbial 3 a.m. but 11 p.m. in the White House (7 a.m. in Israel). The phone rings. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Mr. President, we have reliable intelligence that the Israeli Air Force is in the air and within an hour of striking suspected nuclear facilities

nk the prime minister and the defense minister, [Ehud Barak,] feel a profound, historic obligation not

ltation and intelligence coordination around that question, Israel feels more vulnerable. And I think the prime minister and the defense minister, [Ehud Barak,] feel a profound, historic obligation not to put Israel in a position where it cannot act decisively and unilaterally to protect the state of Isra

inister, Netanyahu told me that he believes Iran is being run by a "messianic apocalyptic cult." Last week, General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. referred to the Iranian leadership as "rational." Where do you fall on this continuum? Do you feel that the leaders of Iran might be so irrational

astrophic set of events like a regional conflagration, widespread acts of terrorism and sky-high oil prices. "A war is no picnic," Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Israel Radio in November. But if Israel feels itself forced into action, the retaliation would be bearable, he said. "There will not be 100,00

l prices. "A war is no picnic," Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Israel Radio in November. But if Isra

Doctrine or do not recognize its importance. (It was cited to me by an Israeli official.) Both Barack Obama and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have characterized any Israeli attempt to disrupt Iran's nuclear program as a short-term affair. An Israeli raid "wouldn't achieve their long-term

lks, conducted in 2008 under then-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Israel offered to withdraw from roughly 9

plans for missile strikes. Some answers from Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the plans were clear. In other instances, the answers were muddled; in still others, incomplete. Initially, after the chemical weapons atta

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to resume work from the Pentagon was given last week, in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and after members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had multiple negative tests for the virus, officials said Monday." FEMA Threw Out Faulty Russian Ventilators. BuzzFeed News <https://www.buzzfeedne

ially, normalized relations with Israel - a diplomatic goal for President Trump before the election next month." The Washington Post (10/19, Hudson, Bearak, 14.2M) reports US officials "expect" the "pre-election gambit...will lead to the country's recognition of Israel and payment of millions of dollar

to resume work from the Pentagon was given last week, in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and after members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had multiple negative tests for the virus, officials said Monday." FEMA Threw Out Faulty Russian Ventilators. BuzzFeed News (10/19) reports, "As t

ially, normalized relations with Israel - a diplomatic goal for President Trump before the election next month." The Washington Post (10/19, Hudson, Bearak, 14.2M) reports US officials "expect" the "pre-election gambit...will lead to the country's recognition of Israel and payment of millions of dollar

from the Pentagon was given last week, in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention EFTA01658558 guidelines and after members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had multiple negative tests for the virus, officials said Monday." FEMA Threw Out Faulty Russian Ventilators. BuzzFeed News (10/19) reports, "As t