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Israel risks ‘strategic defeat’ if civilians aren’t protected, Pentagon chief says
The Hill ^ | 12/02/2023 | LAUREN IRWIN

Posted on 12/02/2023 2:09:41 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Israel risks a “strategic defeat” if it does not work to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza amid its war on militant group Hamas in the region.

“The center of gravity is the civilian population and if you drive them into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat,” Austin said in a speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, Calif., on Saturday.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Gaza; Government; Hamas; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antisemiticdems; civilians; defeat; dnctalkingpoint; fjb; fjbregime; gaza; hamas; israel; lloydaustin; strategic; war; waronterror; wokemilitary
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Lloyd Austin needs to prove who in Gaza are not assistant Jihadis.


41 posted on 12/02/2023 3:20:27 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Recovering_Democrat

“Austin is a joke. A big one.”

“Gravitas” he has.....


42 posted on 12/02/2023 3:21:39 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Austin is a deepstate traitor. His opinion is garbage.


43 posted on 12/02/2023 3:22:50 PM PST by Mlheureux
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To: Reverend Wright

Idiot Amin


44 posted on 12/02/2023 3:23:32 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“miggies”

At least a PM to define same in English would be great.


45 posted on 12/02/2023 3:23:54 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Said the dipshit who gave Afghans a trillion dollars of military equipment and surrendered.


46 posted on 12/02/2023 3:24:43 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Austin reminds me of the general who greets the Martians in Mars Attacks. It was fun when he got zapped.


47 posted on 12/02/2023 3:32:41 PM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Uh, hey Lloyd.....aren’t they already in the arms of the enemy?


48 posted on 12/02/2023 3:35:15 PM PST by rbg81
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To: Mr. Mojo

Wel...I would argue that Gulf War I was a strategic military success. Granada and Panama too.


49 posted on 12/02/2023 3:37:04 PM PST by rbg81
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Israel risks a “strategic defeat”...


How many wars has the U.S. won under Sec. Austins auspices? How many strategic defeats? He might have some expertise with the latter.


50 posted on 12/02/2023 3:37:33 PM PST by hanamizu ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That self-immolating Hamas loving protester must have really rattled this guy.


51 posted on 12/02/2023 3:41:53 PM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: antidemoncrat

Anybody besides me think President Bumblefuck is gonna stab theIsrealis in the back?


52 posted on 12/02/2023 3:45:11 PM PST by Nebr FAL owner (Treason is the reason for Democrat Sectional & Subversion)
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To: Highest Authority; ChicagoConservative27
"Civilian" population


53 posted on 12/02/2023 3:46:08 PM PST by 4Liberty (https://twitter.com/Lauren3veMemes/status/1712636606983688420 )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Israeli citizens be damned? Too P/O’d to go further on this.


54 posted on 12/02/2023 3:48:07 PM PST by SkyDancer (~A Bizjet Is Nothing But An Executive Mailing Tube ~)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Replace “Gaza” with 1940s “Germany” or “Japan” and see if this makes any damn sense.


55 posted on 12/02/2023 4:01:15 PM PST by montag813
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To: lgjhn23

And this useless idiot is in charge of our military. If we faced a real war we would be so screwed.


56 posted on 12/02/2023 4:05:20 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: lgjhn23

Bump


57 posted on 12/02/2023 4:14:38 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
if you drive them into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat

What a maroon! They already live in the arms of the enemy.
They ARE the enemy.

58 posted on 12/02/2023 4:15:41 PM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: ought-six
Austin; just another Affirmative Action hire
59 posted on 12/02/2023 4:16:49 PM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I guess that’s why the USA is so beloved in every country we have sanctioned or bombed since the Korean War. Our Pentagon’s concern for civilians.


60 posted on 12/02/2023 4:36:24 PM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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