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Language · 10-11-2023, 08:58 PM

There really is no point in arguing about who holds historic rights to the land that Israel, the West Bank and Gaza sits on. I know I’ve been guilty of getting sucked into the discussion in this thread myself, but it is actually irrelevant now and has been for quite some time now. Everyone can point to their arbitrary point in the historic timeline and base their argument from there. All that matters is looking at the map as it it today, and the situation at hand, as a basis for what happens in the future.

It will be interesting to see how this potential ground invasion plays out. This will be no cakewalk, with Gaza’s labyrinth of tunnels, booby traps and crammed quarters. If Hamas is successfully (and hopefully) eradicated, what happens then? Does Israel just pack up and go home? Hamas will be like cockroaches and will bubble to the surface over time eventually. What is the long term play? I doubt Israel has any willingness to govern Gaza.

Israel has amassed 300,000 troops along the Gaza border. In equivalent terms, this is larger than the US army per capita. Russia’s built up troops were 150,000 prior to their invasion of Ukraine, along a significantly larger front. This is a massive number Israel has assembled.

The hostage situation adds another layer of complexity. I think this will be one of the trickiest and most difficult wars in history. For my friends currently mobilized in the IDF, I’ll definitely be praying for them. But I’ve also never seen Israel as galvanized and united in quite some time. Still sickening to think about the atrocities committed that led to this situation, will be difficult to get over for a long time.

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10-11-2023, 08:58 PM	#928
Language Scoring Winger Join Date: Nov 2003 Exp:	Israel declares war on Hamas There really is no point in arguing about who holds historic rights to the land that Israel, the West Bank and Gaza sits on. I know I’ve been guilty of getting sucked into the discussion in this thread myself, but it is actually irrelevant now and has been for quite some time now. Everyone can point to their arbitrary point in the historic timeline and base their argument from there. All that matters is looking at the map as it it today, and the situation at hand, as a basis for what happens in the future. It will be interesting to see how this potential ground invasion plays out. This will be no cakewalk, with Gaza’s labyrinth of tunnels, booby traps and crammed quarters. If Hamas is successfully (and hopefully) eradicated, what happens then? Does Israel just pack up and go home? Hamas will be like cockroaches and will bubble to the surface over time eventually. What is the long term play? I doubt Israel has any willingness to govern Gaza. Israel has amassed 300,000 troops along the Gaza border. In equivalent terms, this is larger than the US army per capita. Russia’s built up troops were 150,000 prior to their invasion of Ukraine, along a significantly larger front. This is a massive number Israel has assembled. The hostage situation adds another layer of complexity. I think this will be one of the trickiest and most difficult wars in history. For my friends currently mobilized in the IDF, I’ll definitely be praying for them. But I’ve also never seen Israel as galvanized and united in quite some time. Still sickening to think about the atrocities committed that led to this situation, will be difficult to get over for a long time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Last edited by Language; 10-11-2023 at 09:01 PM.