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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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.

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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.

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

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9 points

“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)

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The author did not age well…

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

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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.

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Care to elaborate?

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Yep, there was a reason why until 2019 i believe Israel publicly funded the Hamas with the intent to weaken the formation of a Palestinian government. Israel’s far right needs someone they can try and look strong against so people stop looking inword ar what thier government is actually doing.

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Netanyahu and Hamas are on the same side.

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