Epstein Secrets

, it is far more likely to intensify. The chance of a military incident involving China and one of its neighbors — be it Japan, the Philippines, or Vietnam — cannot be ignored, and it remains to be seen whether the region's diplomatic circuits can carry the load. New leadership in many of the region's

hic time bomb facing the Jewish state. Israel, he said, is heading into "a historic tragedy" in the West Bank: "The painful reality is that between the Jordan River and the sea, we have 12 million people: 7.5 [million] Israelis and 4.5 million Palestinians. If over this ground, there is only one sovereign, call

the Vietnam War. In the future, up to four US warships will be allowed to moor in the city-state of Singapore. Since 2011, former wartime opponent Vietnam has allowed the US Navy to use the port of Cam Ranh Bay. Meanwhile, the Philippines are likely to become America's most important partner in a sep

rmer commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, to come up with a made-in-America solution to Israel's security needs on its "eastern front" — across the Jordan River eastward to Iraq and Iran. Unlike the diplomatic track, whose failure to get out of neutral is subject to much informed and uninformed commentary,

Lebanon, I remember wondering aloud to a few army friends, and to Nava as well, whether we would look back in a decade’s time and see the war as “our Vietnam’. In fact, Israeli troops would still be in south Lebanon nearly two decades later, when I had left the military and was about to become Israeli Prim

f fire in the late 1950s were provoked by Israel.” I didn’t respond directly, though I did note it was the Syrians who had tried to divert water from the Jordan River in the early fifties. “You did it first,” he retorted. So it continued. Only later did we learn that while Muallem had sent back a generally encourag

Lebanon, I remember wondering aloud to a few army friends, and to Nava as well, whether we would look back in a decade's time and see the war as "our Vietnam". In fact, Israeli troops would still be in south Lebanon nearly two decades later, when I had left the military and was about to become Israeli Prim

f fire in the late 1950s were provoked by Israel." I didn't respond directly, though I did note it was the Syrians who had tried to divert water from the Jordan River in the early fifties. "You did it first," he retorted. So it continued. Only later did we learn that while Muallem had sent back a generally encourag