naraburns nihil supernum
7mo ago
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Israel-Gaza Megathread #3
This is a refreshed megathread for any posts on the conflict between (so far, and so far as I know) Hamas and the Israeli government, as well as related geopolitics. Culture War thread rules apply.
Think they may do a couple more big raids like this and then call it a day. Saves a tiny amount of face for the government saying they were going to go in and destroy Hamas but isn’t an actual occupation which “ex-IDF” and “ex-Mossad” types are now openly briefing the Israeli and Western press as a suicidal move.
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2rafa 7mo ago
Man Israel was the last country I'd have expected to wuss out under globohomo pressure. Just go in, take control and make it known to the Palestinians that there is nothing they can ever do which would make the Israelis leave, so they better get used to a life with the Jews in charge (this is equivalent to removing your steering wheel and throwing it away in a game of Chicken) where any violence will get you branded as a hooligan/lout in the eyes of the state and treated appropriately. Give it 2 generations of this + a generous dose of the alkahest of modernity and what remains of the palestinians will be little different to low human capital occidentals, still a burden on society but by and large placated like your average domesticated westerner.
This would be a really effective strategy if Israel existed in an orbiting space colony or a wizard-created demiplane. Unfortunately we don't live in a world with DnD wizards, which means Israel has to exist in the real world, and this means that it has to exist with a bunch of neighbours as well. Israel absolutely has a lot of ways to permanently solve the Palestinian "problem" (even phrasing it like that feels uncomfortable to me), but there aren't many solutions that won't immediately create a larger problem (the reaction from the broader international community).
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Think they may do a couple more big raids like this and then call it a day. Saves a tiny amount of face for the government saying they were going to go in and destroy Hamas but isn’t an actual occupation which “ex-IDF” and “ex-Mossad” types are now openly briefing the Israeli and Western press as a suicidal move.
Man Israel was the last country I'd have expected to wuss out under globohomo pressure. Just go in, take control and make it known to the Palestinians that there is nothing they can ever do which would make the Israelis leave, so they better get used to a life with the Jews in charge (this is equivalent to removing your steering wheel and throwing it away in a game of Chicken) where any violence will get you branded as a hooligan/lout in the eyes of the state and treated appropriately. Give it 2 generations of this + a generous dose of the alkahest of modernity and what remains of the palestinians will be little different to low human capital occidentals, still a burden on society but by and large placated like your average domesticated westerner.
This would be a really effective strategy if Israel existed in an orbiting space colony or a wizard-created demiplane. Unfortunately we don't live in a world with DnD wizards, which means Israel has to exist in the real world, and this means that it has to exist with a bunch of neighbours as well. Israel absolutely has a lot of ways to permanently solve the Palestinian "problem" (even phrasing it like that feels uncomfortable to me), but there aren't many solutions that won't immediately create a larger problem (the reaction from the broader international community).
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