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With the UN calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip an article written by Gary Brecher and first published in 2012 by NSFWCORP (now part of Pando), lessons from Gaza - suggesting that Palestinian durability may beat Israel's high-tech weaponry, remains remarkably relevant today.
What's going on in Gaza is war, but not the kind any commander from the past would understand. On paper, Israel should be winning easily, because they've got the weapons, the numbers, the organization. The weapons Hamas is firing into Israel are primitive things, unguided rocket artillery, the kind that couldn't hit the ground if it wasn't for the law of gravity. On the other side, the Israelis get the best weaponry the US can give them.
But it's not that simple. Israel may win this battle, but it's lost the war already. You see that in the confusion the IDF shows about what to do. They've tried stomping hard on Gaza. In late 2008 through early 2009, "Operation Cast Lead" sent IDF troops and planes smashing into this tiny overpopulated slum. They killed 1400 Palestinians, and it didn't do much but make everybody sick to their stomachs - including even some Israelis, once they got over their initial gloating.
(Score: 2) by tathra on Monday July 14 2014, @10:33PM
according to the bible, thats what they're supposed to do. the only thing keeping them from doing it might be that they know they'd lose all their international support if they did what their god tells them to do:
ironically, jews and muslims worship the same god, so they'd be killing them to prevent them from "teach[ing] ... all the abhorrent things that they do for [Yahweh]". naturally the commands from their god to commit genocide shouldnt apply to followers of other abrahamic religions, but you try telling somebody that their understanding of their religion is flawed; its usually not pretty.