https://nypost.com/2024/06/13/opinion/israel-is-winning-war-in-gaza-and-has-plans-for-what-happens-next/
This guy is an expert and he points out how the IDF handles urban warfare completely different than the US and NATO.
It's very interesting. You don't hear a lot of commentary over here explaining what the IDF is doing and why. You only hear criticism. But they know they're dealing with a fuzzy ill-defined situation with little hope of complete resolution. So they're going to degrade Hamas's ability to launch another surprise attack.
God bless them.
This guy is an expert and he points out how the IDF handles urban warfare completely different than the US and NATO.
Quote:
the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducts another assault in the north of Gaza, it faces significant criticism from Western officials and analysts who are asking why the IDF is repeatedly going into areas it has already cleared and conducting further operations.
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In the "global war on terror," Western tactics were to seize a chunk of territory and clear it of enemies through military force.
The plan was then to hold the territory through forward operating bases (FOBs) and try to conduct alternative governance in those areas while providing security.
The system of FOBs meant that our enemies, embedded in the local civilian population, always knew where we were and what routes we were likely to use. They could mortar, rocket and IED us at will.
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Such tactics would also be insanely wasteful, since Israel has a safe base on the Israeli side of the Gaza border, and can therefore enjoy the luxury of only committing to intelligence-led operations at times and on ground of their choosing - advantages that the West did not have in either Iraq or Afghanistan.
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The IDF is not trying to clear Gaza.
With no ability to impose a political arrangement in Gaza, and a Gazan desire for continued Hamas rule, the IDF answer is: Let them have Hamas.
But the version of Hamas that Gazans will get is one heavily degraded militarily, and, most importantly, with vast swaths of their tunnels and civilian-embedded infrastructure destroyed.
It's very interesting. You don't hear a lot of commentary over here explaining what the IDF is doing and why. You only hear criticism. But they know they're dealing with a fuzzy ill-defined situation with little hope of complete resolution. So they're going to degrade Hamas's ability to launch another surprise attack.
God bless them.
Trump will fix it.
