Mike Gallagher
WSJ Opinion: Pete Hegseth and the GeneralsPlay video: WSJ Opinion: Pete Hegseth and the Generals
Review & Outlook: After summoning hundreds of U.S. Generals to Quantico, VA, the U.S. Defense Secretary announced ten directives focusing on combat readiness—but where are the weapons?
Hamas’s shock troops poured across Israel’s border two years ago, kidnapping, raping and killing civilian men, women and children. Israel’s bitter experience offers lessons America should learn before our own moment of reckoning.
The most important is that the hypothetical war can actually happen. Even if we’re intellectually prepared, there’s a risk that years of relative peace has lulled us into a false sense of security. The Israeli defense establishment never truly believed Hamas would launch a full-scale invasion. They viewed Gaza as a chronic but manageable problem—one for diplomats and intelligence officers, distant from the daily concerns of citizens. Israeli politicians and generals also spoke of open conflict with the Iran-led Islamist axis much like their American counterparts speak of China and a Taiwan crisis—the pacing threat and the most likely test, yes, but ultimately a question for tomorrow. Then tomorrow came.
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