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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
First off Lloyd Austin is a Fat, Overated, Affirmative Action, Token A@@hole!!
Israel can and will take care of itself. They should tell Austin, Blinken and old Crappy Pants to STFU!
Israel should hunt Hamas members to the ends of the Earth. Kill Them All!
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posted on
12/02/2023 2:42:36 PM PST
by
OHPatriot
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: ChicagoConservative27
FO, Austin; just another Affirmative Action hire.
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posted on
12/02/2023 2:43:05 PM PST
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
To: Dagnabitt
“They demand that other countries follow us into the dustbin. “
So, like LGBT, then ?
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posted on
12/02/2023 2:43:10 PM PST
by
Reverend Wright
( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
To: ChicagoConservative27
The war ending with Hamas in power = Strategic Hamas victory and defeat for Israel.
And that is what the Biden Junta demands.
To: ChicagoConservative27
Idiot, there are no civilians in Gaza, they are all terrorists or collaboraters, pound them to dust
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posted on
12/02/2023 2:43:49 PM PST
by
baclava
To: ChicagoConservative27
Military advice from our Defense Department? I pass.
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posted on
12/02/2023 2:44:09 PM PST
by
Spok
(It takes a lot of learning to understand how little we know. (Paraphrasing Thomas Sowell.))
To: ChicagoConservative27
So when’s the US military going to protect civilians in the US? Or are they too concerned with Ukraine’s border...
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posted on
12/02/2023 2:44:56 PM PST
by
meyer
(Psalm 83)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Remember, Austin is a dumbass woke slime who is leading our formerly trustworthy military into the woke sewer. And he and his words therefore as trustworthy as your local bum, federal prisoners, or even worse, our media. Follow his its advice as you would Dorkbama, the Muslim eunuch quota baby.
To: ChicagoConservative27
Yup,that's the strategy of the 9th Century pig fornicators. Sounds like the Pentagon is supporting that strategy.
To: 17th Miss Regt; All
With the inculcation of jew-hatred as a way of life into just about every person Democrat living in Gaza Washington... The Democratic Party philosophy has been adopted from the far Left. It is: the world is divided into two groups, oppressed and oppressors. Those who succeed are, by definition, the oppressors. Those who are failing are oppressed.
Israel and Jews are successful.
Therefore, they are oppressors.
No matter what they say. No matter what they do, in the philosophy of the Left, they are oppressors, guilty, and deserve anything the "oppressed" do to them.
This is a way to destroy all of human progress. It is a proven method to drive a country into poverty and despair.
To: ChicagoConservative27
You can take anything Austin says with a grain of salt. He’s not what you’d call “on the ball”.
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posted on
12/02/2023 2:50:29 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(It wasn't "genocide" when Hamas did it. Hypocrites!!!)
To: ChicagoConservative27
I would say Austin is an Affirmative Action imbecile, but he isn’t. He is doing just what they want him to do.
Destroy the military.
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posted on
12/02/2023 2:50:57 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
To: ChicagoConservative27
The architect of the loss to some sheep humpers in Afghanistan speaks!
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posted on
12/02/2023 2:54:00 PM PST
by
HYPOCRACY
(This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
To: ChicagoConservative27
America risks a “strategic defeat” if American citizens aren’t protected at the southern border. These bass turd miggies are going to bleed America. You can take that to the bank.
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posted on
12/02/2023 2:56:15 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(It wasn't "genocide" when Hamas did it. Hypocrites!!!)
To: HYPOCRACY
"The architect of the loss to some sheep humpers in Afghanistan speaks! "
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How can you dis-respect this "leader" ?
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posted on
12/02/2023 3:04:24 PM PST
by
Reverend Wright
( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Did we say that in any of the wars we’ve fought??
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posted on
12/02/2023 3:04:57 PM PST
by
ealgeone
To: ChicagoConservative27
Austin is a joke. A big one.
To: ChicagoConservative27
The last time the Pentagon oversaw a strategic military success (1945) was before the birth of modern Israel, so they’re the last ones who should be giving advice.
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posted on
12/02/2023 3:06:43 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: ChicagoConservative27
Civilians as young as 10 went across the border and heard Israelis. There are no innocent people in Gaza.
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posted on
12/02/2023 3:08:48 PM PST
by
roving
(👌⚓Deplorable Listless Vessel with Trumpitist who looks Trumpish)
To: Reverend Wright
He is wearing the “cone of shame” just like my pup had to after surgery.
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posted on
12/02/2023 3:15:07 PM PST
by
Glennb51
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