I broadly agree with the "strategic mistake" angle there, but as to the "1,500 legitimate military targets? Really?" part...the answer might be yes, really. I don't know about the numbers in this case, but as a general strategy, Hamas is likely to disperse their weapons as broadly as possible. They have a limited number of weapons and no real ability to defend a military strong hold. If you can't secure your weapons from the enemy in a small number of fortified places, then you go with the polar opposite strategy, which is to locate some everywhere.
If you have 1,500 rocket launchers, then put them in 1,500 different locations. Mix them in with civilian infrastructure as much as possible to both disguise the items and potentially deter retribution for fear of killing civilians. Hamas is not at a point where they are going to severely impact Israel's military capability even if they had all of their missiles together in a few places under expert control, so it makes a lot more sense for them to go with a lot less centralized control and much wider dispersement of those weapons. Cheers, Judah On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > Article explains why Israel is blowing it with their latest offensive. > > 1,500 legitimate military targets in a dusty strip of land? Really? > I have great difficulty believing that. > > > http://www.businessinsider.com/israel-ground-offensive-strategic-mistake-2014-7 > ᧠> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371769 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
