I absolutely agree and I'm not attempting to defend actions on any side. My point was that the referenced article is dismissing the notion of there being 1,500 military targets in the area out of hand, doesn't even try to support anything, it's just "proof by hand waving". Maybe there aren't 1,500 military targets in the area, I don't have any way of knowing. My point was that it isn't an absurd notion to think that it may be true.
If a significant portion of the population of Portland was involved in a resistance/insurgent movement, I could easily see there being 1,500 targets in my town. There are 18 houses and a community garden in my block. If we say that 40% might be part of the movement and we utilize our communal spaces well, you might be looking at 5-10 targets just on my block. I'd guess that the number would probably be on the lower end of the spectrum, but you expand that out to the whole city...that's a lot. Judah On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Basically saying there is 1500 targets in 139 square miles means the > entire area is a target and everyone there is subject to being > collateral damage. They are talking about an area roughly the size of > the City of Atlanta or just slightly smaller than Portland. Imagine > 1500 targets getting hit in either of those areas. Casualties would > be massive. > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > As I said, I don't know what the real numbers are, definitely not my > field > > of expertise. They could very well be including stores of small arms, > > housing/org points for known/suspected cell leaders, etc. My point was > > that Hamas is likely to have a strategy that encourages broad dispersal > of > > its weapons and personnel for the reasons I mentioned. So when someone > says > > that 1,500 military targets in an area as small as Gaza is absurd, I'd > > suggest that it isn't absurd on the face of it. It may be wrong, mind, I > > don't know. There may not be 1,500, maybe it's 1,000, maybe even a bit > > lower, maybe even higher. But it isn't absurd as the person in the > article > > tried to claim with no supporting evidence. > > > > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:371776 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
