Israel said on Thursday there would be no humanitarian exceptions to its siege of the Gaza Strip until all its hostages were freed, after the Red Cross pleaded for fuel to be allowed in to prevent overwhelmed hospitals from "turning into morgues".
Sure, but what better way to recruit new fighters?
This is the same play that al-Queda made on 9/11: they made the US severely overplay their hand with one egregious coordinated attack.
The US is still paying for that overzealous reaction 20 years later; there is a case to me made that ISIL wouldn’t have been the power that it became without the GWOT.
Hamas is trying to exploit the fact that they’ve made Palestinians a worldwide target with limited options: more desperate people without a future means Hamas is the only entity to turn to.
Okay, so hamas has Israeli hostages. In retaliation, Israel takes 2.3 million Palestinian hostages?
It would seem to be the case. And I’m not sure what Hamas thought would happen.
Hamas wins when Israel makes more desperate people that just want revenge.
Terrorists generally thrive on instability.
Usually they prefer to trade hostages for their own though.
Sure, but what better way to recruit new fighters?
This is the same play that al-Queda made on 9/11: they made the US severely overplay their hand with one egregious coordinated attack.
The US is still paying for that overzealous reaction 20 years later; there is a case to me made that ISIL wouldn’t have been the power that it became without the GWOT.
Hamas is trying to exploit the fact that they’ve made Palestinians a worldwide target with limited options: more desperate people without a future means Hamas is the only entity to turn to.