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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
For Pepsi, Fuzz, PsycNet and others I would ask:
If you were in charge of Israel on Oct.8 what would you do?
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I would seal off the Gaza strip, and bomb any known Hamas targets (so pretty much what Israel has done thus far).
I would back channel a deal through Qatar and the US to pay Egypt whatever it took to create a humanitarian escape route through the southern border.
I would then sit tight for months, and wait for every civilian to leave while monitoring for Hamas activity. Without food, power, or water, the area quickly becomes a dead zone. I would use it as a Korean style DMZ for however long it took to find a 2 state solution.
I would never send in ground troops, save to attempt to rescue hostages.
Super grim stuff. Probably still a better outcome than what we're about to get.
Perhaps a more interesting question would be "
What would you do if you were a Palestinian in charge of Gaza?"
My answer steals from Tom Clancy in
Sum of All Fears. I would take a page from Ghandi, and use the lessons of Indian independance from the British Empire.
Peaceful protest. I would round up every citizen I could, have them get on every social media platform they can, and I would kneel in the street and pray with them.
When the world sees Israeli tanks coming down a road and there are civilians on their knees doing nothing but praying... that's how you turn global sentiment.
Killing kids at a rave doesn't get you anything.
Putting your body on the line embracing peace - that resonates. That can earn you a country.