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re. Mr. Kissinger is a former U.S. secretary ofstate (1973-77); Mr. Shultz is a former U.S. secretary of state (1982-89). The Daily Beast Memo to Bibi Netanyahu: It's Time to Build an Arsenal of Awe Lloyd Green December 2nd 2013 -- So your Plan A on Iran—a U.S. strike—isn't going to work. Time for Plan B:
fense Forces (IDF) behind recognized borders and the creation of a third-party monitoring presence. His recommendations were passed on to Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, IDF chief of staff . The United States has traditionally bowed to Israel's own expansive assessments on this issue, so the very fact that US polic
also ran the risk of our soldiers being abducted, or killed. Pressure was building for a major military operation. With the election drawing nearer, Bibi Netanyahu was reminding voters that he’d been against the pullout from Gaza, and saying that we should now hit Hamas hard. Both Olmert and Tzipi, along with mo
that we had to be prepared to take military action if there was no alternative way to rein in the Iranians. Ashkenazi’s successor as chief-of-staff, Benny Gantz, had signed off on the attack plan. While the Iranians were getting ever closer to nuclear-weapons capability, the strike force that we were assembli
also ran the risk of our soldiers being abducted, or killed. Pressure was building for a major military operation. With the election drawing nearer, Bibi Netanyahu was reminding voters that he'd been against the pullout from Gaza, and saying that we should now hit Hamas hard. Both Olmert and Tzipi, along with mo
that we had to be prepared to take military action if there was no alternative way to rein in the Iranians. Ashkenazi's successor as chief-of-staff, Benny Gantz, had signed off on the attack plan. While the Iranians were getting ever closer to nuclear-weapons capability, the strike force that we were assembli
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