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Fabius Maximus<\/strong> – ” The Fate of Israel<\/a>” at DNI<\/a><\/strong> I prefer the Boydian ” constructive” description of grand strategy <\/a>to this one used by Fabius:<\/p>\n “Grand Strategy: a state\u2019s collective policy with respect to the external world. Paul Kennedy defined it as “the capacity of the nation’s leaders to bring together all of the elements {of power}, both military and nonmilitary, for the preservation and enhancement of the nation’s long-term \u2026 best interests” (from his \u201cGrand Strategies in War and Peace\u201d). From a Trinitarian perspective, it focuses and coordinates the diplomatic and military efforts of a state\u2019s People, Government, and Army.”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n On the other hand, his primal strategy is actually closer to Boyd’s “theme for vitality and growth<\/a>“. It would also be harmonious with my concept of state resiliency<\/a>:<\/p>\n “<\/em>Primal Strategy: often found in the early years of a society when its people have a \u201csingle-minded\u201d commitment to a goal, often just a drive to grow. A \u201cprimal strategy\u201d is an expression of a people\u2019s core beliefs. It is non-intellectual, with no need for theories and plans<\/span>.”<\/span><\/strong> Yes, this would be ethnic cleansing and yes this will cost Israel much Western support but national survival would take precedence over any other consideration for Jerusalem and the Palestinian demographic advantage would then be rendered irrelevant.<\/span><\/p>\n ADDENDUM:<\/strong><\/p>\n I am really behind the blogging curve lately but I want to point out that since 4GW is the theme , Dan<\/strong> of tdaxp<\/a><\/strong> had a post recently featuring the observations of Dr. Chet Richards<\/strong> on John Boyd’s OODA Loop <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MORE FROM 4GW Fabius Maximus – ” The Fate of Israel” at DNIWell, this one should set off some sparks. This post represents part II of an at least three part series by Fabius at DNI. Part I. can be found here. I see that John Robb linked yesterday as well where a discussion has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Well, this one should set off some sparks. This post represents part II of an at least three part series by Fabius at DNI. Part I. can be found here<\/a>. I see that John Robb<\/strong> <\/a>linked yesterday as well where a discussion has begun in the comments section<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Getting to the specifics of the case of Israel and the Palestinians as argued by Fabius he has hit on an important point regarding emigration, that does represent a strategic threat to Israel’s survival. The Palestinians however will not gain the incremental surrender that Fabius expects if in the interim they manage to pull off a ghastly act of mass destruction terrorism inside Israel; a coup numerous Arab nationalist and Islamist terrorist groups would gladly attempt. Such an event that results in the deaths of tens of thousands of Israelis will instantly change the moral calculus for world opinion, particularly if the attack involved poison gas. We can expect that the Israeli leadership would then move beyond the current policy of unilateral separation from the Palestinians to expelling them en masse from the West Bank. <\/span><\/p>\n
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