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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Book excerpt / investigative evidence
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Summary
This document appears to be page 27 of a book or report included in House Oversight evidence files (marked HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023543). The text discusses geopolitical strategy, specifically justifying Israel's preemptive strikes and nuclear posture by contrasting the 'MAD' doctrine of the Cold War with the perceived religious/existential threat posed by Iran. It cites various military historians and philosophers to argue that war is an inherent human trait.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Konrad Lorenz | Author/Thinker |
Cited as believing humans are wired to fight over land.
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| Robert Ardrey | Author/Thinker |
Cited as believing humans are wired to fight over land.
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| Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus | Historical Figure |
Cited as the man who coined 'Si vis pacem para bellum'.
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| Max Boot | American author and military historian |
Cited for rejecting the idea that peace is the natural order of things.
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Organizations (2)
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| Israeli Air Force |
Mentioned regarding the destruction of Iraq's nuclear reactor.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document stamp in the footer.
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Timeline (2 events)
Locations (6)
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Subject of geopolitical analysis; compared in size to New Jersey.
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Location of nuclear reactor destroyed by Israel.
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Subject of geopolitical analysis regarding nuclear threats.
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Used as a size comparison for Israel.
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Mentioned in the context of the Cold War and MAD doctrine.
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Mentioned in the context of the Cold War and MAD doctrine.
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Relationships (1)
Text states Max Boot is correct, linking his views to Lorenz and Ardrey regarding the nature of war.
Key Quotes (5)
"Israel has nothing to apologize for. In simple logic, we decided to act now, before it is too late."Source
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"The answer is that no Israeli leader has ever threatened to eradicate Iran."Source
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"If we attack the Zionists with nuclear bombs, they will respond in kind. If they are lucky, they will kill half of us, but if Allah wills it, we shall kill all of them, and there will still be 35 million of us left."Source
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Quote #3
"Si vis pacem para bellum"Source
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"peace is the natural order of things and war a temporary aberration."Source
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Full Extracted Text
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Israeli Air Force to destroy Iraq’s nuclear reactor and then declared
that “Israel has nothing to apologize for. In simple logic, we decided
to act now, before it is too late. We shall defend our people with all
the means at our disposal.”
One sometimes hears the argument that if Iran can live with an Israeli
bomb, why can’t Israel live with an Iranian bomb? The answer is that
no Israeli leader has ever threatened to eradicate Iran.
Iran is a large country, but Israel is a tiny one, smaller than New
Jersey. At its narrowest point, it is only nine miles wide. Israel’s
nuclear arsenal can deter its enemies only if they have the wisdom
and the sanity to be deterred. During the Cold War, the Russians and
the Americans operated under a political and military doctrine known
as MAD, for mutual assured destruction. The doctrine assumed that
no matter how bad things got between the Soviet Union and the
United States—the 1962 Cuban missile crisis being a case in point—
neither side would risk annihilation. The leaders of Iran do not think
that way. They reason as follows: “We have 70 million people, and
Israel has 7 million. If we attack the Zionists with nuclear bombs,
they will respond in kind. If they are lucky, they will kill half of us,
but if Allah wills it, we shall kill all of them, and there will still be 35
million of us left.”
We humans may enjoy periods of peace—sometimes for a long time—
but we shall never entirely rid ourselves of war because we are
“wired” to fight over pieces of land. Konrad Lorenz, Robert Ardrey,
and Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (the man who coined the Latin
phrase Si vis pacem para bellum) are correct. So, too, is Max Boot,
the American author and military historian. He rejects the “sunny, if
ahistorical, Enlightenment faith that peace is the natural order of
things and war a temporary aberration.”
that “Israel has nothing to apologize for. In simple logic, we decided
to act now, before it is too late. We shall defend our people with all
the means at our disposal.”
One sometimes hears the argument that if Iran can live with an Israeli
bomb, why can’t Israel live with an Iranian bomb? The answer is that
no Israeli leader has ever threatened to eradicate Iran.
Iran is a large country, but Israel is a tiny one, smaller than New
Jersey. At its narrowest point, it is only nine miles wide. Israel’s
nuclear arsenal can deter its enemies only if they have the wisdom
and the sanity to be deterred. During the Cold War, the Russians and
the Americans operated under a political and military doctrine known
as MAD, for mutual assured destruction. The doctrine assumed that
no matter how bad things got between the Soviet Union and the
United States—the 1962 Cuban missile crisis being a case in point—
neither side would risk annihilation. The leaders of Iran do not think
that way. They reason as follows: “We have 70 million people, and
Israel has 7 million. If we attack the Zionists with nuclear bombs,
they will respond in kind. If they are lucky, they will kill half of us,
but if Allah wills it, we shall kill all of them, and there will still be 35
million of us left.”
We humans may enjoy periods of peace—sometimes for a long time—
but we shall never entirely rid ourselves of war because we are
“wired” to fight over pieces of land. Konrad Lorenz, Robert Ardrey,
and Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (the man who coined the Latin
phrase Si vis pacem para bellum) are correct. So, too, is Max Boot,
the American author and military historian. He rejects the “sunny, if
ahistorical, Enlightenment faith that peace is the natural order of
things and war a temporary aberration.”
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