In Basra in 2003 the USA and the UK chose to use extreme force against locations that had been fortified by the Ba’ath Party, in order to spare our troops and the people of Basra the horror of a drawn-out street battle. It appears that the IDF made the same choice in Gaza.
Thanks to Petra Marquardt-Bigman for directing us to this piece.
A refreshing take.
Here is another excellent article of the Gaza situation by Efraim Halevy,the head of the Shasha Center for Strategic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was also the former head of the Mossad, Israel’s national intelligence agency, and was a national security advisor to the Israeli prime minister. It is published at
The New Republic website.
“Reality Check”
“Israel decimated Hamas; now it’s time to bring it back to life”
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=4d40ba6a-3372-419c-bfd9-fc2516341434