Aryeh Wetherhorn is a graduate of the University of Michigan. He served as a Naval Reserve officer in the Vietnam War, earning a Naval Achievement Medal for his performance of duty in USS Okinawa. His biography appears in the Marquis edition of “Who’s Who in the World” in 1998, 2002, and 2003 editions. He has written several full length articles on naval history that appeared in the Polish magazine “Okrety Wojenne” (Warships).
The propaganda teams (and the psychological warfare teams) are all very hard at work. The threatened attacks (mostly from Iran) have NOT taken place. The threats, however, keep coming. There are also some real moves to lend credibility to those threats. The US is sending another aircraft carrier (and a submarine), Israel has cancelled regular … More Gaza War 13 Aug
In the Jewish religion the 9th day of the month of Av, which starts at sunset, is a day of fasting and mourning. I’m sure that Iran and Hezbollah know this. Everyone will be expecting an attack on Israel in the next 24 plus hours. Will it happen? Only the Islamic terrorists really know. Meanwhile, … More Gaza War 12 Aug
Deterrence is a concept that says when one side is afraid of the consequences of performing some action against another, they will regain from doing it. It is often a two way street. Today, Israel seems deterred from engaging in a ground war against Hezbollah. It may be that the expected cost is not viewed … More Gaza War 11 Aug
Yihyah Sinwar managed to get himself appointed as successor to Ismail Haniya. To be fair, it may not have been what he really wanted. But the job makes him THE leader of Hamas. CNN managed to garner some comments from Gaza residents about the event. It appears that Sinwar is getting about a 50% approval … More Gaza War 9 Aug
Families of UNRWA admins and Canadian diplomats are among those leaving the area. There was even a rumor that UNIFIL was pulling out, But UNIFIL quickly denied it. The actual shooting part of the war continues on the Israel-Lebanon border, as before. But some of it has expanded to other areas. Iraqi terror proxies fired … More Gaza War 8 Aug
Yesterday Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech in which he noted that Israelis are shaking in their boots in panic over the forthcoming Islamic attack. That attack is delayed as part of his battle plan. What he did not mention is that Lebanese are fleeing via Beirut airport in panic over an expected Israeli … More Gaza War 7 Aug
Lots of threats buy no action. Maybe Iran is trying to find a way to attack without making it look like an attack? Everyone is looking for a way to avoid getting into an exchange that leads to a bigger war. The problem is figuring out how to do that. Meanwhile, the noises emanating from … More Gaza War 6 Aug
The IDF keeps discovering more tunnels under the fence between Gaza and Egypt. Some are being destroyed. But others are being left intact. Destroying them would damage the barrier system that Egypt constructed to prevent smuggling arms and other items from Sinai into Gaza. One recently discovered tunnel was over 9 feet high, and wide … More Gaza War 5 Aug
Seeing some of the media coverage one could easily get the impression that Israel is on the verge of panic over the probable Iranian attack that is expected “soon”. Some of us are not too worried. The previous direct attack from Iran was a fairly miserable failure. There isn’t much direst evidence that they learned … More Gaza War 4 Aug
The media is full of speculation regarding when and where the Iranian reaction to the assassination of Ismail Haniya will be. What is not being asked (and it should be) is why? Haniya was a top official in an Iranian proxy terror organization. He was on a lot of Most Wanted lists. But the clerics … More Gaza War 2 Aug
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