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Lessons Unlearned From Israel's Bombing Of Iraq's Osirak Reactor
Authored by Jeremy R. Hammond via The Libertarian Institute,
In a recent New York Times opinion article, Amos Yadlin, a former chief of Israel's military intelligence, attempted to defend Israel's recent decision to start a war with Iran, in which Israel was briefly joined by the U.S. government under the administration of President Donald Trump.
Under the headline “Why Israel Had to Act,” Yadlin's opening sentence states, “Forty-four years ago this June, I sat in the cockpit on the Israeli air force mission that destroyed Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor. In one daring operation, we eliminated Saddam Hussein's nuclear ambitions.”
Via Unpacked Media
The parallels between that event and the current war on Iran are indeed remarkable—but the real lesson to be learned from it is precisely the opposite of the one Yadlin draws.
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