John Spencer, Urban Warfare Expert (Behind the Bima #178)

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from Bocarone, Florida. This is behind the beimma. On this episode, the rabbis are joined by Colonel John Spencer, chair of urban warfare studies at the modern war institute at West Point. Colonel Spencer provides profound insights into the complexities of urban warfare, sharing his expertise and experiences from the battlefield. The discussion then goes into the themes of moral clarity in warfare, the challenges faced by Israel in its ongoing conflicts, and the broader implications for Western military strategies. Plus, all the information you need to know about Rabbi Brody's big move to Israel. All this and more behind the beimma. Welcome back behind the beam as we are counting up towards Pesak. We have yet another incredible guest to bring you this week, John Spencer, one of the outspoken non-Jewish heroes for Israel. I'm looking forward to get to that conversation. But first, Rabbi Josh Brody, last week we had a gala to end all gallas. We had a goodbye party. We had a unity night. We had what a and I think it was a short dinner. What a night rally. It had a little something of everything. A lot of tears. A lot of tears. Wasn't expecting that. Wasn't prepared for that. But um first of all, you put every detail of it together, which I'll admit at first I was a little cynical about that you were doing that on your own, but by the end you really nailed it. And it was beautiful and heartwarming and meaningful and special as our community is gearing up to uh to say not goodbye but leitraote. We've seen that before many times. Yeah, exactly. But as you're getting ready for Ali Yeah. So tell us about did the dinner meet your expectations, surpass it, come up short,

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1. 0:01from Bocarone, Florida. This is behind the beimma. On this episode, the rabbis are joined by…
2. 5:17friends and the community, I was like, let me hold back a little. I didn't want…
3. 11:15you're the chair of urban warfare studies at West Point. And it's hard to think of…
4. 16:33whatever is necessary to win it. That's always been the way that war has been fought…
5. 22:31why is war necessary. Um some people would like to believe that we don't want any…
6. 27:49of course it's that whole journey that I've been under. It was the same um in…
7. 33:41quickly. That's not the history of war either. Um, in order to defeat Hamas, both militarily…
8. 38:57started once Hamas started the war and then Israel declared war against Hamas that put basically…
9. 44:59the other side. Um and for the other nations to say look we're not going to…
10. 50:19to be able to ask a national leader in a time of war what are the…

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