1、THE PYTHON PROBLEM:REFLECTIONS ON THE WAR ONTERROR,17 YEARS LATERDAVID A.BROWN,TIMOTHY HOYT,AND CRAIG WHITESIDESEPTEMBER 11,2018COMMENTARYEditors Note:This is an excerpt from“Policy Roundtable:17 Years After September 11,”by our sister publication,theTexas National Security Review.Be sure to check o
2、ut the fullroundtable.There is great benefit in thinking about your own countrys struggles while listening to someone elses,particularly ata conference inspired by the attacks on 9/11 and conducted annually since.At the annual InternationalCounterterrorism conference held this past week at the IDC-H
3、erzilya,we attended a panel titled:“Israel and Gaza:Hudna or Victory?”Hudna is an Arabic word meaning“cease fire,”but the Israelis at this conference understood it moreas a“time-out.”The panel consisted of Israeli security officials and politicians debating whether it was a good idea tonegotiate wit
4、h their opponents in order to stop recent border clashes and the periodic rocket,mortar,and flaming kiteattacks directed at civilian targets in Israel.Member of Knesset Ksenia Svetlova,from the Israeli center-left ZionistUnion party,pithily summed up her perception of the government overtures in thi
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