Episode 4 – The Widening War on Lebanon

In this episode, recorded on September 28, three days before the Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon and the Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel, Chelsey and Andrew discuss the Israeli escalation of the war into Lebanon, the background to Israeli wars in Lebanon, from the 1982 war and subsequent 18-year occupation, the rise of Hezbollah, and the 2006 Lebanon War and the Dahiya Doctrine that it produced. They also address the IDF’s claim to be “the most moral army in the world,” the strategic doctrine of deterrence, and the possibilities of escalation into regional war.