The Left Never Forgave Israel for Defeating Soviet Client States

null Nov. 14, 2023 2:52 pm ETA military parade in Moscow, Nov. 7, 1976. Photo: Mark Redkin/FotoSoyuz/Getty ImagesWhat drove the extreme anti-Israel sentiment that Jonathan Kellerman encountered in 1970 (“Campus Anti-Semitism in 1970,” op-ed, Nov. 9) was Israel’s having demonstrated decisively the worthlessness of Soviet weapons and military doctrine. That planted the seeds of the collapse of the Soviet Union by showing its client states that their sponsor was unable to help them militarily.The Israeli shift from a planned economy to Western-style market capitalism in the late 1970s added insult to injury by demonstrating that Soviet economic policy was as useless as its military doctrine.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8Continue reading your article witha WSJ subscriptionSubscribe NowAlready a subscriber? Sign InSponsored OffersTurboTax: Save up to $15 with TurboTax coupon 2023The Motley Fool: Epic Bundle - 3x Expert Stock

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The Left Never Forgave Israel for Defeating Soviet Client States

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Nov. 14, 2023 2:52 pm ET

A military parade in Moscow, Nov. 7, 1976. Photo: Mark Redkin/FotoSoyuz/Getty Images

What drove the extreme anti-Israel sentiment that Jonathan Kellerman encountered in 1970 (“Campus Anti-Semitism in 1970,” op-ed, Nov. 9) was Israel’s having demonstrated decisively the worthlessness of Soviet weapons and military doctrine. That planted the seeds of the collapse of the Soviet Union by showing its client states that their sponsor was unable to help them militarily.

The Israeli shift from a planned economy to Western-style market capitalism in the late 1970s added insult to injury by demonstrating that Soviet economic policy was as useless as its military doctrine.