Armchair Generals and War Games

ByDoug Anderson International Relations

… where Netanyahu is the puppet master

Doug Anderson

Mar 03, 2026

Benjamin Netanyahu has once again called on big brother Trump to go beat up the bully that Bibi doesn’t like.

Just last year he called on Trump to fly a bomber all the way from North America to Iran to drop a bunch of bombs on what he said was their uranium enrichment facility. They said it was a phenomenal success – that the facility was ‘obliterated’. Well, was it?

We really don’t know because we are relying on (probably) Israeli intelligence – which can be incredibly accurate at times but is also capable of spinning any scenario they like if it suits their purpose – as we have seen many times in the last few years in Gaza. And right now Israel wants to grind Iran into the ground.

But regardless of the reality, Netanyahu was telling … More

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Israel’s Conundrum – the World’s Conundrum

ByDoug Anderson International Relations, Politics

UN GA backs 2-state solution – a important 1st step

Doug Anderson

Sep 21, 2025

Normally when I start writing an article, I have an endpoint in mind but in the case of Israel and its war in Gaza, there isn’t one. There are so many contradictions in its actions that I find it impossible to find any logic.

What is their goal? Do they really want to eliminate Hamas? Well, yes, but we have to remember that Hamas ‘success’ was largely due to Israel’s desire to keep the Palestinians divided in order to stifle any chance of a Palestinian state. They may be physically divided now by walls, fences and checkpoints but they are more united in spirit today than ever before.

Also, and most rational people know this intuitively, for every Palestinian killed, there are two or more that will seek to retaliate in revenge – that’s a … More