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Israel-Gaza Megathread #2
This is a refreshed megathread for any posts on the conflict between (so far, and so far as I know) Hamas and the Israeli government, as well as related geopolitics. Culture War thread rules apply.
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Apparently "BIPOC" is a racial slur now.
1yr ago
Yeah, this doesn't look good for the Israelis at all (assuming we don't get good evidence this was a Hamas self fuck up). They should have gone in boots on the ground earlier. Yes tons of Israelis would have died in direct combat, but one benefit of that is that this sort of stuff which stops people around the world from thinking that you are the "good guys" doesn't happen, and they need to win the international sentiment war if they want to eradicate Hamas. Letting that sore fester long term will be even worse for Israel than the short term cost of lancing the boil.
Does Israeli even have the numbers for a ground attack without significant initial strikes? Sure they have 500k soldiers but I’m guess that’s like their entire 20 something population. There are only 15 million Jews in the world.
How many would they lose if they just went in with small arms and didn’t take advantages of their long distinct fires? 100k? Then they still need an army for future needs?
Sure the west can do war without losing a lot of lives but that’s because we evacuate and use fires first.
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Yeah, this doesn't look good for the Israelis at all (assuming we don't get good evidence this was a Hamas self fuck up). They should have gone in boots on the ground earlier. Yes tons of Israelis would have died in direct combat, but one benefit of that is that this sort of stuff which stops people around the world from thinking that you are the "good guys" doesn't happen, and they need to win the international sentiment war if they want to eradicate Hamas. Letting that sore fester long term will be even worse for Israel than the short term cost of lancing the boil.
' we should kill our own people easier so some perpetually online dudes and fake politicians don't get mad at us ' isn't sound warfare strategy.
Israel should bomb every single possible target that holds terrorists or terrorists adjacent merchandise and see what happens after a year.
Except now all their neighbors are rallying around a common cause, so guess that isn't sound warfare strategy either.
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Does Israeli even have the numbers for a ground attack without significant initial strikes? Sure they have 500k soldiers but I’m guess that’s like their entire 20 something population. There are only 15 million Jews in the world.
How many would they lose if they just went in with small arms and didn’t take advantages of their long distinct fires? 100k? Then they still need an army for future needs?
Sure the west can do war without losing a lot of lives but that’s because we evacuate and use fires first.
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