It is true that the Gaza Strip is much more densely populated than southern Lebanon, but there are still plenty of fields and areas that are not close to urban areas that they could use. Of course, that puts them at higher risk, but maybe they shouldn't be launching missiles blindly at civilian areas. I live in the United States and I know that if I stand outside a military base and blindly fire projectiles into it, I'm either going to get arrested or get smoked. The same applies to 10/7. Hamas had to know that Israel would respond forcibly. Had they been more strategic and targeted only soldiers and military targets, the response likely would have been far different. We lost over 200 Marines in Beirut in the 1980s and didn't launch any major wars as a result. Yet, when thousands of our civilians got killed on our own soil in 2001 we engaged in over 20 years of warfare with hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq.
You're asking me a question that I don't think either one of us have the answer to. Do you know what the process is to become an official member of Hamas? Do they let women become members? Do you have to fill out an online application and then you get a welcome letter in the mail? I personally believe it is much harder than that, which would account for the membership number you listed.
Terrorists may be a lot of things, but stupidly hanging out in an open field when the opponent has satellites and sophisticated long-range weaponry is not one of them. Hezbollah is not more noble than Hamas. It simply has geographical advantages in how it wages war.
Right, which is why Hamas should have shifted its strategies. Unless, as I am arguing, a large amount of Palestinian civilian deaths is exactly what they are aiming for.
What strategy would you advocate Hamas follow?
No offense to you, but I think your career as a terrorist strategist would likely not advance very far.
I'm glad that I'm not qualified for that career. I don't think their current guy is either, as their strategy over the past few years has only made things that much worse in Gaza.
I dunno. Hamas seems to be more popular than ever -- especially at Western universities. Now they just have to impact actual policy makers, which is a tougher nut to crack. Of course, Netanyahu has been the ideal business partner for them.
I'm not so sure about that. The NYT article I posted a few pages back stated that Hamas is essentially begging someone else to run Gaza for them and is severely weakened (although not completely defeated).
Sadly, one child is already paralyzed by polio
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I remember my mother telling me that when she heard the vaccine had been developed and was now available she sat down and cried because she knew I wouldn’t be getting it. To live in a time where the vaccine is a tried and true way to prevent children from getting this terrible disease, and because of the actions of the IDF they can’t get it, is mind boggling.Sadly, one child is already paralyzed by polio
A 10-month-old Palestinian baby suddenly stopped crawling. Polio had struck Gaza
Ten-month-old Abdel-Rahman Abu El-Jedian is the first confirmed case of polio in Gaza and he's now paralyzed in the leg.
I'm actually doing the opposite. I've stated numerous times that Hamas is the worst thing to happen to Palestinians, because Hamas uses them as bait and cannon fodder. The Palestinian civilians are victims of Hamas, and life will get better for them whenever Hamas is removed from power.
