JL;DR SUMMARY In this commentary, Guy Goldstein critiques Israel's reliance on the Iron Dome missile defense system, arguing that while it offers tactical protection against rocket attacks and preserves a semblance of normalcy in daily life, it has also allowed Israeli leaders to defer decisive military and political actions against threats like Hamas and Hezbollah. 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'.