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Israel keeps winning wars. So why are we losing?

JL;DR SUMMARY Israel consistently excels in military conflicts through its advanced intelligence, technology, and strategic prowess. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IranMilitary StrategyPublic RelationsPublic PerceptionMiddle East ConflictsNarrativesSoft PowerCultural Diplomacy1967 Six Day War

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Israel
"Yet something strange keeps happening: Israel wins on the battlefield and loses seemingly everywhere else."
Iran
"The recent Iran war demonstrated this reality more clearly than perhaps any conflict in recent memory."
Venezuela
"This is why many Americans looked at the operation against then-Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro."

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