Think Again: Blaming Israel Is Too Easy
Are we then seeing a continental-maritime conflict? Are the plans of the United States to control resources and balance China on the continental periphery, as much to blame as the now popular notion of Israeli subterfuge?
This is where we are. Israel – a state that emerged in the retreat of Ottoman authority and at the height of British maritime power – now operates in concert with the United States in a last ditch attempt to retain maritime control over a critical strategic pivot on the Eurasian periphery.
But this is no longer a strategy in any meaningful sense. It is the continuation of a doctrine that has outlived the conditions that once sustained it. The United States’ maritime strategic culture is outdated. Its capacity to shape outcomes eroded. The pivotal middle powers used as instruments of encroachment are reverting back to continental influence. Blaming Israel is easy. Taking blame is harder.
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