The official narrative has been that Hamas is weakened, but in reality the IDF’s doctrine of massive force is failing, writes Paul Rogers, emeritus professor of peace studies at UK’s Bradford University.

  • @Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml
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    257 months ago

    It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war. It’s not a war.

    They’re not at war. They’re doing genocide.

    • @MagicShel@programming.dev
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      127 months ago

      It’s critical to note, as you point out, that until you know what the goal is you can’t say whether they are winning or losing.

      • FIash Mob #5678
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        27 months ago

        I mean, the Tet Offensive didn’t really have a goal except to make the occupiers take the opposition seriously.

    • @jarfil@beehaw.org
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      57 months ago

      “I didn’t want to win just one fight, but also all future fights” - Ender the Genocide

      (great books, decent movie, too bad some are using it as a manual)

  • @Joker@discuss.tchncs.de
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    86 months ago

    They’re not losing. They are kicking the absolute shit out of the Palestinians. This is not even a remotely fair fight. The problem is most of these people didn’t have anything to do with 10/7, which means Israel is destroying any respect or goodwill anyone had for them when this started.

    Nobody would have batted an eye if they just wanted to get in there and kill some terrorists. It was 100% justified for Israel to respond. But you expect a tough, appropriate response and not some maniac shit. They have wrecked half of Gaza and have everyone crammed in the other half. This shit is nuts. It’s as bad as Russia with Ukraine and Russia is the absolute sleaze of the planet. Israel really went low here.

        • Sonori
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          57 months ago

          Yep, there was a reason why until 2019 i believe Israel publicly funded the Hamas with the intent to weaken the formation of a Palestinian government. Israel’s far right needs someone they can try and look strong against so people stop looking inword ar what thier government is actually doing.