Wednesday, May 8, 2024

The calculus of selecting targets

Biden, battered in the polls by the left, waffled and wavered and finally declined to not send Israel additional precision munitions.

If one, small precision bomb could have done the job, will Israel now use 6, larger bombs with the accompanying increase in collateral damages?

If a precision bomb can hit a moving vehicle known to be carrying a "high-value" target will Israel now revert to leveling entire blocks to accomplish the same end?

It seems to me that there is a very high probability of perverse outcomes.

 


10 comments:

  1. Israel has been dropping 2000# bombs on Gaza. With perverse outcomes.

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  2. Israel will do whatever Israel needs to do regardless of what Pedo Joe and his handlers want.

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    1. There's a difference between need and want. Only one just solution exists that any democracy can legitimately support - equal rights for all. Israel will never allow it, which says enough.

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    2. Are you blind to the fact that Arabs have full rights in Israel, including having elected seats in the Knesset?

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  3. There are nothing but perverse outcomes available. The Founding Fathers wanted us to avoid foreign entanglements. They are looking smarter by the day.

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  4. Hamas leaders don't care diddly about the John Q Palestinian except as cannon fodder and warm bodies to hide behind. They would sacrifice grannies and babes for a photo op. If the Israelis don't clean out the bunch and keep a strong presence in Gaza they will be right back in October within a year or two.
    Yeah I'm really Ole Grump today.

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    1. Well Ol Grumpy your evaluation applies to far more countries and leaders than Hamas.

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  5. Ironically, this will ultimately convince Israel that they really, truly are on their own. And thus, the U.S. loses even more ability to influence outcomes.

    There are ways to direct the conversation. This was not one of them.

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  6. Pedo Joe Also does not care about Palestinian or Israeli children and babies and innocent civilians.

    Even a casual perusal of US Government actions in the last 200 years reveals they are not to be trusted. Ever.

    1400 year old news flash: moslems will kill everyone that refuses to submit to islam. They have to - it's in their instruction manual.

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  7. What are these small bombs you speak of? I am seeing apartment buildings blown to smithereens with 2000# bombs.

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