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What Were the Hamas Monsters Thinking?-Unleashing the IDF
Frontpagemagazine ^ | November 30, 2023 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 11/30/2023 5:58:30 AM PST by SJackson

Edited on 11/30/2023 7:38:19 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

We know the multifaceted strategy of the monstrous Hamas operation of October 7.

The killers felt they would shock the Israelis into concessions given their eagerness to commit the unspeakable. They took captives for tripartite reasons: to barter children and the elderly for their kindred terrorist murderers in Israeli jails; to use captives to force the Israelis to grant cease-fires and pauses in their retaliation; and to bank them as shields to protect Hamas kingpins from retaliation.


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1 posted on 11/30/2023 5:58:30 AM PST by SJackson
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To: SJackson

MFLR.


2 posted on 11/30/2023 6:00:47 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
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To: SJackson

“It is hard to anger Westerners..”

Not this one.

L


3 posted on 11/30/2023 6:02:48 AM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..

Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.


4 posted on 11/30/2023 6:06:07 AM PST by SJackson (In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.)
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To: SJackson

Monsters is the term I’ve been using from the beginning. There’s no other description.


5 posted on 11/30/2023 6:12:49 AM PST by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Lurker

Me neither. Steam has been coming out of my ears for years.


6 posted on 11/30/2023 6:14:09 AM PST by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Lurker
“It is hard to anger Westerners..”

Not this one.

L

Nor this one.

7 posted on 11/30/2023 6:29:58 AM PST by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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To: SJackson

72 Virgins.


8 posted on 11/30/2023 6:31:23 AM PST by mosaicwolf
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To: SJackson

Given the pressure from the US, and the Israeli government’s susceptibility to it, I’d give Hamas a greater than even chance of surviving to some degree, getting thousands of murderous terrorists released, and getting the world to squeeze Israel hard to cede even more territory, perhaps Jerusalem. I think they’d chalk that up as a victory.


9 posted on 11/30/2023 6:37:47 AM PST by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: SJackson

There is a point where unbridled savagery removes an individual right to be considered as a human being. The Palestinians are right about there. Hamas needs to be exterminated like rats behind societies wainscoting. World opinion be damned.


10 posted on 11/30/2023 6:50:02 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: SJackson

Victor is again shown to be the smartest. Man in the room.
I hope he is right saying:
“…Democratic Party …will do much to ensure a conservative president in 2024”

Larry


11 posted on 11/30/2023 6:52:51 AM PST by larryjohnson (FReepersonaltrainer)
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To: SJackson

They knew the US democrats would step in to force a cease fire on Israel.

How did they know?

Because the US does it every time the muslim terrorists start or provoke a conflict.

The same pattern is repeated every time the Israelis get fed up with muslim terrorism:

1 - Muslim terrorists kill Israelis.
2 - Israel responds in kind.
3 - The US steps in to stop the Israelis and save the muslim terrorists from annihilation.


12 posted on 11/30/2023 7:03:18 AM PST by Iron Munro (ELEPHANTS AND ASSES SCREWING THE MASSES)
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To: rightwingcrazy; SJackson

I fear you are correct. Hamas has made real gains in popular support, which shouldn’t surprise me. Most people are stupid.

How many Pali flags did you see at the Macy’s parade for instance?


13 posted on 11/30/2023 7:17:05 AM PST by redgolum (We are not going to make it, are we. )
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To: Lurker

Or this one. KTF KTA


14 posted on 11/30/2023 7:17:52 AM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: SJackson
"...and will do much to ensure a conservative president in 2024."

Not gonna happen. Ask The Swamp.

15 posted on 11/30/2023 7:50:17 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Ping


16 posted on 11/30/2023 8:47:17 AM PST by Jumper
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To: SJackson
"...In particular, Hamas understands that the Palestinian cause has fused with the leftwing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion industry. Thus Hamas becomes the Middle-East counterpart to BLM, aggrieved minorities, and, more preposterously, the trans/gay/feminist movement. Meanwhile, Israelis are recalibrated as the demonized Western “colonialist” white supremacists..."

As ususal...spot on.

17 posted on 11/30/2023 8:50:01 AM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
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To: HighSierra5

Genetic throwbacks... not fully evolved, chromosomes missing


18 posted on 11/30/2023 9:17:00 AM PST by SMARTY ("A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies." Tennyson)
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To: SJackson

He’s assuming that the IDF was unleashed. They are now just sitting around giving Hamas time to rearm and regroup.


19 posted on 11/30/2023 9:20:21 AM PST by nonliberal (Z.)
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To: Jimmy Valentine
There is a point where unbridled savagery removes an individual right to be considered as a human being

B-29 pilots?

War is bad - really bad. When you're in one, winning it fast is the best way to stop the pain. Unbridled savagery is part of the deal.

20 posted on 11/30/2023 9:31:27 AM PST by Jim Noble (The future belongs to those who show up)
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