JINSAThe Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) is as a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, non-partisan think-tank focusing on the national security interests of the United States. JINSA's aim is three-fold: to ensure a strong and effective U.S. national security policy; to educate American leadership figures on the vital strategic relationship between the United States and Israel; and to strengthening U.S. cooperation with democratic allies, including Taiwan, Jordan, Hungary,...The Berlin Airlift Legacy- June 26, 2008 As Germany had to undo the vile social and political effects of 11 years of Nazi rule, Iraq has to unwind 23 years of Saddams legacy of totalitarian brutality, rape rooms and poison gas. We stayed then because it was in our interest - we can do no less now. Read the analysis in JINSA Report 788.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4094 From Sarkozy, Seduction and a Threat- June 24, 2008 Along with what appeared to be a sincere profession of friendship towards Israel, and a nod in the direction of Palestinian obligations to fight terrorism, against Israel; French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a threat. Read the analysis in JINSA Report 787.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4093 A Proper Place for Appeasement- June 23, 2008 There appears to be no rational calculation for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rices current obsession with giving away bits of Israel to its enemies. Read the analysis in JINSA Report 786.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4092 The Apology Murtha Should Be Offering- June 19, 2008 Of the eight Marines charged in connection with the battle of Haditha, six have had all charges dropped and one has been exonerated in a military court. The last Marine remains to face charges related to the handling of the incident. So we expect Congressman John Murtha to issue a serious, responsibility-taking apology to the eight Marines he publicly defamed following the battle. Read the apology as we expect it to look like in JINSA Report 785.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4091 Abandoning Lebanon to the Wolves - a Lesson for Iraq- June 18, 2008 A quiet Lebanon makes for happy neighbors and happy colonial powers. The Iraqis should take a quick and serious lesson from this - get your political house in order before we get tired of you, too, and start looking for compromises with Muqtada al-Sadr and the Mahdi Army. Read the analysis in JINSA Report 784.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4090 Beware the Cease-fire- June 17, 2008 Hamas will use its hudna to regroup, rearm and restock supplies. It will improve its perimeter defenses, continue to teach hatred to its children and continue to send terrorists-in-training to Iran. And Israel will take six months of quiet - punctuated with rogue attacks - and use it for... what Read the analysis in JINSA Report 783.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4089 Israeli Indecision and the Hezbollah War- June 13, 2008 The Israeli government entered Lebanon without deciding which of two military options it was pursuing each having a different end game and each requiring different military resources. It pursued both and failed at both. Read the analysis in JINSA Report 782.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4088 Israel Has Inverted Its Own Security Principles- June 11, 2008 Allowing Hamas and Hezbollah to build greater deterrents to IDF action due to fear of greater IDF losses inverts the defensive principles that have served Israel to well until now. Read the analysis in JINSA Report 781.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4087 JINSA Co-Sponsors 2008 USSOCOM Care Coalition Conference at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina- June 10, 2008 For the second year in a row, JINSA was honored to serve as the Co-Sponsor of the Care Coalition conference in conjunction with the U.S. Special Operations Command. The Care Coalition is a venue for donor benevolent organizations to network with each other and to publicize their services to the wounded warriors. The 2008 conference, held in April at Fort Bragg, NC, brought together more than 50 donor groups and the veterans and families that they had supported.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4084 Ukraine Ambassador Shamshur Addresses JINSA- June 10, 2008 On May 22, 2008, JINSA hosted the Honorable Oleh Shamshur, Ukraine Ambassador to the United States, at a Europe Project Forum. He addressed the disappointing outcome of the most recent NATO summit where a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Ukraine was postponed indefinitely as well as Ukrainian aspirations for European Union membership.http://www.jinsa.org/articles/view.html?documentid=4082 |