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madville

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1. Proportionate response doesn't accomplish anything

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Mon Nov 6, 2023, 12:46 PM

Nov 2023

Wars are won by crushing infrastructure, attrition and breaking the will of the enemy with disproportionate response. Israel should not stop until they have swept Gaza clear of Hamas, every hostage recovered, every rocket launcher destroyed and every tunnel and bunker cleared and caved in. There's only one way this will ever end and that's with one side or the other destroyed, anything else is just stalling and waiting until the next attack.

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Belgium's prime minister Alexander De Croo has said that "what is happening in Gaza today is no longer proportionate". [View all] Donkees Nov 2023 OP

Proportionate response doesn't accomplish anything madville Nov 2023 #1

Ah yes, the Conan The Barbarian ethos. bluesbassman Nov 2023 #2

Correct, that's why wars are no longer won madville Nov 2023 #4

So the only way to "win" this war is to "sweep Gaza clear of any Hamas". Sounds like scorched earth to me. bluesbassman Nov 2023 #6

There is another solution, albeit unlikely madville Nov 2023 #9

Well that certainly would be the logical approach. bluesbassman Nov 2023 #11

The problem with the Palestinians and choice, yagotme Nov 2023 #17

more like Shaka Zulu lapfog_1 Nov 2023 #10

Suburban Shaka ... Donkees Nov 2023 #13

That's pretty much it. Captain Stern Nov 2023 #3

They could have just grabbed even more land and killed all the palestinians, oh wait.... onecaliberal Nov 2023 #5

Oh, wait ....for what? Captain Stern Nov 2023 #7

Duh! malaise Nov 2023 #8

Hiroshima and Nagasaki wasn't "proportional" either... but it certainly got their attention. Oopsie Daisy Nov 2023 #12

Would it be preferred EllieBC Nov 2023 #14

It would be preferable not to kill children who onecaliberal Nov 2023 #16

Yes it would. It's even worse when children are intentionally killed. yagotme Nov 2023 #18

I wonder if he would be saying that if his baby had been kidnapped totodeinhere Nov 2023 #15