History tells us that after terrorists attack Israel, there will be a short period of support for Israel followed by requests for a ‘measured’ response by Israel. Somehow the terrorists are never held accountable for their lack of a ‘measured’ response.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Breitbart<\/a> posted an article about some comments made on CNN by the Israeli Defense Forces spokesman.<\/p>\n These are the comments:<\/p>\n …IDF Spokesman Jonathan Conricus noted that by telling Gazan civilians to evacuate to the south, \u201cwe have just advertised our intentions\u201d but Israel engaged in this move, even though it\u2019s not generally a smart military strategy, \u201cBecause we want civilians out of fighting, and we don\u2019t want them to be killed.<\/strong><\/p>\n Conricus stated, \u201cIt is generally not wise for a military to be advertising its intentions. And we are aware of the fact that we have just advertised our intentions by telling civilians in northern Gaza to go south. Why have we done that? Because we want civilians out of fighting, and we don\u2019t want them to be killed. So, there\u2019s a balance here between achieving a military objective and minimizing civilian damage, and, in this case, which is very evident, and you cannot argue with it, we have chosen to \u2014 the sanctity of life and helping Palestinian civilians to go south and not be stuck in an area where there will be significant combat activities. There is a risk and we will have to mitigate this risk with the tactics, the weapons, and the time that we use, when and if we\u2019ll operate. There is tremendous desire in Israel to see Hamas defeated, to see the scourge and the terror gone from Gaza, but Israelis, of course, also want the IDF to operate smartly and in a way that doesn\u2019t expose our troops to undue danger in an environment that already is amongst the most dangerous on any battlefield.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Unfortunately Hamas will do everything it can to make sure civilians are killed–even to the point of faking news reports and articles. There have already been pictures of victims of a war in Syria circulating as civilian casualties in Gaza. Be aware that propaganda is as much a part of a war in the Middle East as the actual fighting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" History tells us that after terrorists attack Israel, there will be a short period of support for Israel followed by requests for a ‘measured’ response by Israel. Somehow the terrorists are never held accountable for their lack of a ‘measured’ … Continue reading