November 22, 2024 In 54 BC, Marcus Licinius Crassus, a rich, ambitious Roman businessman, got himself named governor of the wealthy province of Syria. Crassus had been sharing power in Rome with Pompey and Julius Caesar. Call him the Donald Trump of his day. Crassus decided to invade neighboring Parthia, […]
October 3, 2024 New York – I was with the Israeli army in 1982 when it invaded Lebanon and battled a new resistance militia, Hezbollah. Ten years later, I was in Afghanistan with a new Muslim resistance movement, Taliban. Both groups have been demonized by western and Israeli media and […]
August 8, 2024 In 1982, I was with Israel’s army when it invaded southern Lebanon. We moved from menacing village to village ready for an attack by Hezbollah fighters. Israel’s objective was to seize the southern portion of Lebanon, notably the Litani River, the region’s major source of potable water. […]
