You often see reports after a successful attack that “so-and-so warned such-and-such about this-and-that days before attack”, but they almost certainly get dozens of warnings a day from lots of sources. Some are right, some are wrong. The attacker only has to be lucky once. The defender has to be lucky every time.
That’s not to say that Israel won’t capitalise on the chance to flatten Gaza, because I browsed /r/combatfootage and have eyes, but I think they’d rather not have hundreds of Israelis held captive and over a thousand dead.
but I think they’d rather not have hundreds of Israelis held captive and over a thousand dead.
I think the average Israeli wouldn’t want that. I also think the ultraconservative faction (which includes most of the current govt) is celebrating this opportunity to seize more land.
It’s not the land that’s worth it to them (because of 150km² of bombed out city is pretty worthless). They don’t need it.
They just seem to like the idea of the Palestinians no longer having it.
Fully agree with you on that
Like that will somehow restore their reputation with the Israeli voters they failed to protect.
Sigh… I wish I could be as confident as you there. The far right voters will see it as a victory, and the rest depends on how well they spin the propaganda
You often see reports after a successful attack that “so-and-so warned such-and-such about this-and-that days before attack”, but they almost certainly get dozens of warnings a day from lots of sources. Some are right, some are wrong. The attacker only has to be lucky once. The defender has to be lucky every time.
That’s not to say that Israel won’t capitalise on the chance to flatten Gaza, because I browsed /r/combatfootage and have eyes, but I think they’d rather not have hundreds of Israelis held captive and over a thousand dead.
I think the average Israeli wouldn’t want that. I also think the ultraconservative faction (which includes most of the current govt) is celebrating this opportunity to seize more land.
It’s not the land that’s worth it to them (because of 150km² of bombed out city is pretty worthless). They don’t need it.
They just seem to like the idea of the Palestinians no longer having it.
Like that will somehow restore their reputation with the Israeli voters they failed to protect.
Fully agree with you on that
Sigh… I wish I could be as confident as you there. The far right voters will see it as a victory, and the rest depends on how well they spin the propaganda