It was necessary to keep Israel out in order to keep the Arabs in the American-led anti-Saddam coalition. ... All of these tenets were violated by Israel's passivity during the Gulf War. In fact, Israel's traditional military doctrine was stood on its head.
The 1991 Gulf War was the strangest war in Israel's war-scarred history. ... It was necessary to keep Israel out in order to keep the Arabs in the American-led anti-Saddam coalition.
