And, yes, I agree that it is saying that the entire area is a target and everyone there is subject to being collateral damage. That's how urban warfare with a resistance/insurgence bent to it goes. It sucks for the people that don't want to be involved in the fight, of course, but it does not make the reality that there may be 1,500 targets any less real. And, yes, casualties are going to be massive. It's a major shitstorm there, everything is awful, people are dying.
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:371777 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
