John E. Carey Commentary Watch: . . . at the crossroads

Israeli soldiers fire artillery to targets in southern Lebanon from a position in northen Israel near the Lebanese border Tuesday, July 25, 2006. Israeli ground troops hunting Hezbollah guerrillas will not push deep into Lebanon and instead encircle Lebanese towns and villages near the border with Israel, a senior Israeli commander said Tuesday, in the most detailed outline yet of the objectives of Israel’s military offensive.

Washington Times: . . . at the crossroads

China made the anti-ship cruise missile, the C-802, that slammed into an Israeli warship this last week in the Mediterranean Sea. The Israeli ship didn’t even have its anti-missile systems turned on. The intelligence estimate didn’t credit the terrorists with having anti-ship cruise missiles. That is “asymmetric warfare.”

John Carey has an expanded piece at his Peace and Freedom blog on Assymetric Warfare:Strategic Situation: The Crossroads Are Now; and Even More Apparent

“We are living in a new strategic environment that we do not yet fully understand…. Some of our adversaries are undeniably at work developing ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction. This ushers in an entirely new age of threat, terrorism, intelligence and defense.”

I made those statements in a commentary essay in The San Francisco Chronicle, on Friday, August 21, 1998.We are usually not so prescient. Give credit to decades of reading intelligence estimates on Soviet, Chinese, Iranian, North Korean and Syrian weapons developments and proliferation.

It is certainly a pleasure to have John contributing to Flap’s blog. John’s background.

Stay tuned……

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