Failure teaches much more than success. The Indian and other world agencies have a great deal to learn from Israel’s intelligence debacle. It has given Hamas & other militant groups a psychological win at a very low cost.
My latest analysis:
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Failure teaches much more than success. The Indian and other world agencies have a great deal to learn from Israel’s intelligence debacle. It has given Hamas & other militant groups a psychological win at a very low cost.
My latest analysis:
Indeed, lessons to learn. I ponder Israel’s intelligence failure and wonder wether it had more to do with politics. Wishful thinking politicians select and prioritize what they wish to act on. I remember a prominent US politician telling me that in any critical engagement there were two possibilities: Political success and intelligence failure. It is likely that if Israel had assumed a defense posture, Hamas would have rescheduled their attack and the politician would have been discredited as an alarmist.
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Valid point.
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Thank you for sharing your valuable insights.
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There’s a movie from the 1990s called The Patriots which examines the workings of the Mossad. Back then, as I recall, they were #1 spy/intelligence outfit in the world. Whereever you were, Mossad could find you and treat you as they wished.
Obviously, that Mossad is long gone.
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