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2023-12-09 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Dershowitz: Israel is not morally required to sacrifice its people to save Gazan civilians
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[NYP] Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recently issued the following warning to Israel:
"You know, I learned a thing or two about urban warfare from my time fighting in Iraq and leading the campaign to defeat ISIS. Like Hamas, ISIS was deeply embedded in urban areas."
"And the international coalition against ISIS worked hard to protect civilians and create humanitarian corridors, even during the toughest battles."
"So the lesson is not that you can win in an urban warfare by protecting civilians. The lesson is that you can only win in urban warfare by protecting civilians."
"You see, in this kind of a fight, the center of gravity is the civilian population. And if you drive them into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat."
That ill-advised admonition reflects a basic misunderstanding of the relationship between Hamas and most Gazans. Recent polls show overwhelming support by Gazans not only for Hamas but also for its barbarities of Oct. 7.
The sad reality is that the civilian population of Gaza is already in the "arms of the enemy."
It is part of the problem, not the solution. 
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Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-09 07:27||
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Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-12-09 09:08||
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