Secure Da Bag
Veteran
That's not up for Gazans to think about. They're not part of the attack. It wasn't their decision in the 1st place.
So the question is dumb and pointless anyway.
The Official Israel-Gaza Thread
That's not up for Gazans to think about. They're not part of the attack. It wasn't their decision in the 1st place.
So the question is dumb and pointless anyway.
He's an idiot and a Israel apologist. Gazans have nothing to do with hamas attacking Israel. He basically excusing the war crime and calling Israel a terroristic group, he want more Palestinians killed so they can "stand up to hamas". Terrorist groups behave like that.
Secure Da Bag
Veteran
Its all good guys, it was an accident.
GnauzBookOfRhymes
Superstar
I would argue the Israelis are much more unified re: state and military objectives/strategy then US could ever be. And it makes sense. We have the luxury of being a super power surrounded by friends. Israel is powerful no doubt but has a history of conflict w/ neighbors. They have a militarized culture/society so all of their political leaders have had that experience.
I think the invasion is being held up due to political considerations more than anything else. As I said they were going to be given wide latitude in opening days/weeks. Biden visiting changed everything. It would've been a huge slap in his face to go forward at that point. At that point they needed to give him a public "win." Beginning the invasion the day or even days after he leaves is also a non-starter for the same reasons.
This lull is going to be used for the IDF to be able to say "see look we didn't go in even when we could have, we gave them chances to return hostages and let the civilians move to safer areas, we asked the Egyptians to let civilians in temporarily but they refused....etc etc."
It doesn't matter how true any of this is, the point is that it will be seen as sufficient justification.
Everything we've learned so far about the early warnings and lack of preparations etc should let you know that Bibi isn't going to be deterred by high IDF casualties
This dude is thinking about his own personal/political future/legacy and wants to go down as the leader who was toughest on Palestinians and managed to appropriate as much land as possible. There is a ZERO percent chance that invasion is not going to happen or that they're going to be deterred by high casualties. They're going to go in with overwhelming force, block by block initially along the existing border. The comparison to Ukraine is very misguided breh. Anybody still there is going to be killed, the buildings will be demolished and essentially a new border will be created, with Israel claiming that area as an additional "buffer zone." Whatever military assets existed along the old border will probably just be moved further west, giving them additional land to build more settlements if they want.
Nah, I think the IDF took a good look at itself and realized they aren't ready logistically to absorb and properly use the huge influx of activated troops. Then there is the quality of the troops. How many of them have seen actual combat? Going door to door in Gaza also means clearing miles of tunnels. IDF don't want those problems so they are just
smh...
It’s their elected government
