Alastair Crooke
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 9 Jun
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And if I can, I need to explain why Lebanon is so problematic.
And it is because of the 180-degree shift in military doctrine.
and also political doctrine in alliance with us that took place after the 7th of October.
Before that, Israel was largely guided by the Ben-Gurion doctrine, which was that Israel was a small country, small population, small economy, and therefore it couldn't afford a big military.
It was beyond its reach, and therefore Israel needed to stay within its borders,
and rely on reservists for its main small professional force plus reservists.
And it was also Clausewitzian in Ben-Gurion's concept in the sense that use of force was a means to political settlements and not an end in itself, not just simple destruction.
But after the 7th of October, the idea was implanted, and it's been reported extensively in parts, the Hebrew parts of the Israeli press, which we follow regularly, in that
The idea was that what happened on the 7th of October was a Holocaust.
It wasn't, but they are calling it and thinking it a Holocaust.
And they are thinking that the Holocaust that we all know is a Holocaust was actually not simply an event in the past, but something that is present now, that is a threshold now.
a threshold which can be breached any time.
And so they shifted from that Ben-Gurion idea, doctrine, 180 degrees, and adopted what they call permanent security.
And permanent security means that you do not allow any threat to arise that might now or in the future
attack you.
And that idea came from Germany, not surprising, originally, and has been adopted.
And why that is so important is because it suggests, and this is the word they use, that it is security to the root.
To the root translated means
even children and women, because they could bring up another generation that could be a threat to us.
I'm saying this because what I'm trying to explain in the Israeli view, which is the current doctrine of the government, but also magnified particularly by the messianic element,
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