The white southerners already owned the land. You give only passing mention to the ongoing land theft, not mentioning at all that the greatest seizure of the West Bank since 1993 was announced shortly after 10/7.
We know that Israel knew the attack was coming, and they let it happen, I am convinced, to have a pretext to resettle Gaza. Whi…
The white southerners already owned the land. You give only passing mention to the ongoing land theft, not mentioning at all that the greatest seizure of the West Bank since 1993 was announced shortly after 10/7.
We know that Israel knew the attack was coming, and they let it happen, I am convinced, to have a pretext to resettle Gaza. Which they are doing.
Hamas knew that Israel’s response would be savage and disproportionate, though probably not as bad as it’s been. But their strategy succeeded; world opinion is shifting against Israel.
I hope I don’t need to say I deplore Hamas’ extremity.
I read the hard copy book, "The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century" by Thomas Hammes about 20 years ago. I haven't reread it but what I remember seems to have stood the test of time.
Written 20 years ago, "4GW (Fourth Generation Warfare) is the only kind of war America has ever lost. And we have done so three times - in Vietnam, Lebanon, and Somalia. This form of warfare has also defeated the French in Vietnam and Algeria, and the USSR in Afghanistan. As the only Goliath left in the world, we should be worried that the world's Davids have found a sling and stone that work." Now there's more for the list. World opinion was critical in the iterations of the Middle East Intifadas.
The white southerners already owned the land. You give only passing mention to the ongoing land theft, not mentioning at all that the greatest seizure of the West Bank since 1993 was announced shortly after 10/7.
We know that Israel knew the attack was coming, and they let it happen, I am convinced, to have a pretext to resettle Gaza. Which they are doing.
Hamas knew that Israel’s response would be savage and disproportionate, though probably not as bad as it’s been. But their strategy succeeded; world opinion is shifting against Israel.
I hope I don’t need to say I deplore Hamas’ extremity.
The white southerners already *colonized* the land...
I read the hard copy book, "The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century" by Thomas Hammes about 20 years ago. I haven't reread it but what I remember seems to have stood the test of time.
Written 20 years ago, "4GW (Fourth Generation Warfare) is the only kind of war America has ever lost. And we have done so three times - in Vietnam, Lebanon, and Somalia. This form of warfare has also defeated the French in Vietnam and Algeria, and the USSR in Afghanistan. As the only Goliath left in the world, we should be worried that the world's Davids have found a sling and stone that work." Now there's more for the list. World opinion was critical in the iterations of the Middle East Intifadas.