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Offline rangerrebew

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Futile military solutions cannot solve political problems
« on: October 23, 2023, 05:31:31 pm »
Futile military solutions cannot solve political problems
BY STEPHEN CROWLEY, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 10/21/23 9:00 AM ET
 

Palestinians by the buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Bureij refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
“War is politics by other means.”

These words attributed to Prussian general and military strategist Carl von Clausewitz have been repeated so often they now appear banal. But their truth should remind us that war is never an end in itself. War should only be undertaken when all other means have been exhausted. Even then, a realistic and achievable political outcome must remain clearly in view. Otherwise, even success on the battlefield will lead to failure.


Whatever outcome Hamas thought it might achieve by carrying out such atrocities, the result will hardly be positive for the Palestinian people. The truly brutal attacks by Hamas on innocent Israeli citizens have now led to an almost inevitable reaction: a war to remove Hamas as a threat. Yet the military invasion of Gaza is already creating a humanitarian disaster, undercutting the widespread sympathy and support Israel received. Even if the leadership of Hamas is somehow eradicated, the resulting suffering of innocent Gazans will likely reinforce the grievances that led to Hamas.

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4266883-futile-military-solutions-cannot-resolve-political-problems/
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Re: Futile military solutions cannot solve political problems
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2023, 05:37:34 pm »
Why not give administration of Gaza back to Egypt?

If the Israelis are not going to annex and to settle Gaza, why keep it?
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Re: Futile military solutions cannot solve political problems
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2023, 07:04:45 pm »
I'm sorry but what is happening is not a political issue, it is a religious issue with one side refusing to leave medieval times behind and become members of modern society. The only way a religious war ends in a situation like that is by annihilation, it is what the Palis want to do to Israel and what they are forcing Israel to do to them.
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Re: Futile military solutions cannot solve political problems
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2023, 07:41:43 pm »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on October 23, 2023, 05:37:34 pm
Why not give administration of Gaza back to Egypt?

If the Israelis are not going to annex and to settle Gaza, why keep it?


From what I have read...Egypt wants no part of Gaza.
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Re: Futile military solutions cannot solve political problems
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2023, 09:40:46 pm »
"Futile military solutions cannot solve political problems"

Such solutions can work if you kill them all. Carthago delenda est.

Sorry if you don't like this post.

Alternative:
Force them out -- every man, every woman, every child.
As I've posted before, Somalia would be a good place for them -- another muslim nation where Jews are hated.

The only problem:
How do you transport them there en masse against their will?
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Re: Futile military solutions cannot solve political problems
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2023, 11:34:24 pm »
Quote from: Fishrrman on October 23, 2023, 09:40:46 pm
"Futile military solutions cannot solve political problems"

Such solutions can work if you kill them all. Carthago delenda est.

Sorry if you don't like this post.

Alternative:
Force them out -- every man, every woman, every child.
As I've posted before, Somalia would be a good place for them -- another muslim nation where Jews are hated.

The only problem:
How do you transport them there en masse against their will?
Ask God to part the Red Sea again?
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