Day 1,925: hubris, creep, infantry, incursion, morph, impending, rattle
For Israel the danger now is hubris. There could be mission creep in Lebanon, with limited infantry incursions morphing into a full invasion, a mistake Israel made in 1982 and again in 2006. Its impending retaliation against Iran poses even greater risks. One option would be to destroy Iran’s oil-export hubs, crippling the regime’s finances and rattling energy markets.
Artwork of the day
White Creep
Peter_DoigStyle:Magic RealismGenre:landscape
Word of the day
hubris: an extreme and unreasonable feeling of prideand confidence in yourself:
creep: to move slowly, quietly, and carefully, usually in order to avoid being noticed: slow and gradual change, especially when something increases:
infantry: the part of an army that fights on foot:
incursion: a sudden attack on or act of going into a place, especially across a border:
morph: to gradually change, or change someone or something, from one thing to another:
impending: used to refer to an event, usually something unpleasant or unwanted, that is going to happen soon:
rattle: to worry someone or make someone nervous:
Quote of the day
“Never think that war, no matter how necessary nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.”
― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls