Posted on 10/09/2023 7:01:07 PM PDT by FarCenter
Gaza - area 141 square miles, population 2,375,000.
Donetsk - area 138 square miles, population 900,000.
Detroit - area 143 square miles, population 630,000.
Note that Donetsk is for the city, not for the metro area or the oblast. Detroit Oblast is 10,238 square miles.
Note that Detroit is for the city, not for the metro area which is 3,888 square miles.
Gaza may be a problem, but it is a tiny problem in comparison to Ukraine.
Steve is the most famous Rooster in the Detroit Oblast.
“Detroit Oblast is 10,238 square miles.”
Oblast? Did we make Russia take Detroit? Did Christmas come early?
Donetsk Oblast. Wishful thinking, I guess.
So what exactly is your point?
If Israel nuked the Gaza would the rest of the Arabs silently approve?
In 1940 the City of Tokyo was 6.7 million people.
Compared to that Gaza is a small problem
They don’t need to nuke it. the US has 76 operational B-52s. Dresden 2.0 is an option.
Well, I don’t think they will mourn, but they would condemn most likely. Now Iran?
“Compared to that Gaza is a small problem”
Oh, really ?
Gaza has six times the population of Grozny in 1995.
Grozny is 125 square miles.
Russia sent 60,000 troops into Grozny as well as massive bombing and artillery. It took them two months.
If Israel needs 300K troops to reconquer and occupy Gaza, that’s bigger than the entire Israeli regular army.
USA had 3.4 million square miles, population of 330 million, and it IS USA.
Otherwise, based on your argument, Russia, India, and China are the most deserving our US aid.
*They don’t need to nuke it. the US has 76 operational B-52s. Dresden 2.0 is an option.*
Why would we be the ones to do it? We’re the bad guys enough even when we’re not involved.
SF/Gaza: San Francisco is one third the size with one third the population. That means the density is about the same.
If SF is everyone’s favorite city then there’s a reason for it. Unfortunately it’s not everyone’s favorite any more. It can only mean the people have gone crazy. It’s easy to do when everyone is packed together and the crazies get the upper hand.
Singapore and Tokyo are much more crowded. Both function very well while. the others don’t function at all.
Russia was fighting with poorly trained conscripts who hid in their infantry fighting vehicles. The Muzzies simply walked around cracking the IFV with explosives charges and kill the Russkies inside
The Israelis army is way different beast then the Russian military
You do realize the Leader of Hamas is promising a wider war right? Simply wishing to avoid war at any price will not make war avoid you,
One would hope that the Israeli army would do better than the 1995 Russian army.
Although the Israeli army and Intel has not covered itself in glory in the past few days.
Doesn’t change the fact that they are taking on a conquest/occupation that is 6x Grozny and they will need a larger force than the Russians used, in fact a larger force than the Regular Israeli Army (200K)
No what I am telling you is the Israelis Army does not need to conquer Gaza. People can live about 3 days without water. The Israeli Military can close down access to Gaza. Simple message “you want to live, come out with the hostages now.”
This is war. We been immune from its ugly realities for the last 80 years due to Nukes. We are going to have to re-learn some harsh lessons in this “new normal”.
Well, if you are right we will see an end of this in three days.
Easy peasy.
It’s a helluva lot more casual but highly motivated
With the Gaza Strip’s back to the sea and land control over the other three sides, it’s a perfect siege setup. Let’s see how long they last without water.
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