There Aren't Any Surprises Here
There's been a near-immediate consensus that the Hamas invasion over the weekend was a failure of Israeli intelligence, less so that US intelligence missed anything. NBC’s Kristen Welker pressed Blinken on “Meet the Press” on whether it was an intelligence failure. Blinken said that the violence in the region was “an attack that I don’t think anyone saw coming,” but fell short of calling it a failure. . . . Deputy national security adviser Jon Finer also dodged answering whether it was a failure, again reiterating that there will be time in the future to look into it. So far, only a few observers are looking at the causes of the invasion. Yesterday's New York Post editorial is a good start: The Obama administration’s vision saw an empowered Iran as a fulcrum to force action from Israel on the Palestinian question. Thus the Iran deal, which set the mullahs on the path toward nuclear breakout and regional hegemony they are now speeding down. . . . Obama’s Whit...