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).
Iran just had another “accident” that probably lowers its standing on the world scene. The relatively new frigate, SAHAND, (commissioned in 2018) capsized inside the dry dock at the Iranian naval base at Bandar Abbas, where it was undergoing repairs. The ship had recently led an Iranian Navy flotilla sailing to express support for the … More Gaza War 8 Jul
Israel has sent a delegation to Qatar for talks between the mediators. The next step is to meet with Hamas representatives, In some quarters there is a little bit of optimism because there is a feeling that Hamas is beginning to recognize that they have, de facto, already lost the war. This has nothing to … More Gaza War 7 Jul
Hamas is reported to have made a new offer. They are dropping their demand for an immediate and complete cease-fire. As a result, fighting in Gaza would result in a parallel halt by Hezbollah because they don’t want to expand the war (if they really didn’t want a larger war, why did they start shooting … More Gaza War 5 Jul
Hamas has made an attempt to reuse the fake news “starvation” claim. This time they say the problem exists only in the northern Gaza strip which is under Israeli control. It is still just as untrue as it was before. An interesting side note to this is that there over 1000 trucks of aid that … More Gaza War 4 Jul
The attempts to avoid a war between Israel and Hezbollah continue to make news. The interesting thing is that all the statements call upon the other side to simply surrender, Take yesterday’s quotation from Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Israel won’t stop until all objectives are achieved. That means release of all hostages, removal of Hamas … More Gaza War 3 Jul
The German magazine BILD (reportedly the most widely read in Europe) published an article saying the IDF attack in Lebanon will occur during the 3rd or 4th week of July. This might be just another psychological warfare ploy,. There has been no shortage of those recently. Hezbollah made a lot of propaganda claims about having … More Gaza War 2 Jul
All the major decision makers in the war are now in standby mode. None of them seems ready to make any important decision on the conduct of the war (or negotiations) right now. Sinwar is waiting for an American decision to guarantee his survival (and for keeping Hamas in control in Gaza). Biden is trying … More Gaza War 1 Jul
The media rhetoric wars are still going strong. I think that a lot of the threats we see are based on the idea that the people making them are fairly confident that they won’t have to actually follow through on them. Of course, this kind of brinkmanship includes a big risk. The target of the … More Gaza War 30 Jun
I watched the CNN Presidential debate. I came away with the feeling that it isn’t surprising that Islamic terrorist leaders are not afraid of him. The US administration might have similar problems under Trump, because the career people in the State Dept. seems to unable to understand the Middle East. Sending an envoi to the … More Gaza War 28 Jun
There isn’t much fighting in Gaza. The IDF has withdrawn most of the combat troops and Hamas is avoiding confrontation, The people Hamas is taking on now are Gaza residents. Hamas seems to be looking at ;the day after’, and is simply killing any people, or families, that might be a problem when they try … More Gaza War 27 Jun
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