The Islamists constantly letting their alligator mouth overload their hummingbird asses.
True - Armies use the underground/bunkers/etc for protection..
However - these SAME Armies also spend time above ground in a combative confrontation with their enemy...
We really haven't seen much of that from the Islamists...
Army on Army - man to man...
Because they know they'll get their asses kicked - so they devise a type warfare that requires Human shields, kidnapping, terror strikes, suicide bombers, killing unarmed civilians, etc......
Then - WE - the “civilized by stupid” world, refuse to fight these bastards in a manner that would negate their strategy...
We should show THEIR civilians no more consideration than they show their own.....
We destroyed German cities, Japanese cities — and killed a lot of “innocent civilians” in the process. But the wars ended in victory and in a LOT LESS TIME than this phony war is taking....
Jihad should NOT be fought by their terms and to their strengths...
We should fight their weaknesses and to our strength..
The only fair fight is the one you win....
It sucks to lose.
Only if they think they have a chance to win. Think about it, the VC, and only on their terms and ground out lasted us.
Yes there were tons of reasons we lost, but the VC, like Hamas with Israel understood our weakness was our pressure from the weak in society focused through the press.
That is what Hamas is doing. They don't need to fight as in a pissing contest, that is stupid militarily for them.
As I said they are being smart. They know weakies like the UN, and soon our own Dem President will give them a win. A win to them could be just gaining public opinion if the kidnap another IDF trooper. Or better yet, blow up a truck full of IDF troops. A real prize would be if they know out and Israeli tank. But the prime thing now is to survive so they can do it next week too.
Small win, but they will take it. They are not picky what type of win, any type will be fine, if they move one step forward... or survive this battle that would be a win too. They have patience, unlike their enemies (they think).
They don't want to make the statement they are a world class army, just to win what they want. NO army force of that size would want to push any further than they need to get their "win". So it is now smart for them to try a fixed peice battle, at least not against a technologically superior army.
That is just naive, bordering on out stupid to think so.