Comment Military strategists agree (Score 1) 302
Israel has already lost this exchange. The goal of any terrorist attack is to provoke an overreaction which weakens the target and which strengthens the cohesion of the opposition while recruiting new soldiers for that opposition. Netanyahu's attempt to seize the land while there's a democrat in the White House did all that and so much more. And once he was knee deep in it it became very clear that his attacks were extremely unpopular with his own citizens and that as soon as they stop they're going to throw him out on his ass, which caused him to double and triple down.
If you're an American you saw the exact same thing play out after 9/11 with our invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. Word for word and beat for beat it was the exact same thing.
If you're an American you saw the exact same thing play out after 9/11 with our invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. Word for word and beat for beat it was the exact same thing.