Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

The new state of Israel was heavily outgunned, and despite heroic resistance steadily lost ground at first. But Israel was far more successful than the Arab nations at acquiring fresh arms from abroad — helped by ill-advised Arab agreement to a temporary truce 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 16, 2022

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Like many people, obsessively reading Ukraine news in full awareness that I have zero expertise. I do, however, read a lot of history. And I wonder if other people are seeing analogies to the first (1948-9) Arab-Israeli war? 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 16, 2022

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And eventually the freshly armed IDF was able to go on the offensive. The parallel seems obvious: overpowering but sluggish Russian advance, now huge inflows of Western arms. Not a prediction — really, really not my department. But worth a thought? 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 16, 2022