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Israel is losing the war against Hamas – but Netanyahu and his government will never admit it (europe-solidaire.org)

submitted 11 months ago by tardigrada@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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The official narrative has been that Hamas is weakened, but in reality the IDF’s doctrine of massive force is failing, writes Paul Rogers, emeritus professor of peace studies at UK's Bradford University.

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[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 38 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war. It's not a war.

They're not at war. They're doing genocide.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's critical to note, as you point out, that until you know what the goal is you can't say whether they are winning or losing.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago

I mean, the Tet Offensive didn't really have a goal except to make the occupiers take the opposition seriously.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"I didn't want to win just one fight, but also all future fights" - Ender the Genocide

(great books, decent movie, too bad some are using it as a manual)

[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The author did not age well...

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Meh... check out Cellini, Wagner, Dalí, Hubbard... as artists go, Card is just "meh".

[–] Joker@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 11 months ago

They’re not losing. They are kicking the absolute shit out of the Palestinians. This is not even a remotely fair fight. The problem is most of these people didn’t have anything to do with 10/7, which means Israel is destroying any respect or goodwill anyone had for them when this started.

Nobody would have batted an eye if they just wanted to get in there and kill some terrorists. It was 100% justified for Israel to respond. But you expect a tough, appropriate response and not some maniac shit. They have wrecked half of Gaza and have everyone crammed in the other half. This shit is nuts. It’s as bad as Russia with Ukraine and Russia is the absolute sleaze of the planet. Israel really went low here.