>>Ultimately, non-Islamists, such as Israel, need to win the ideological war as well as the military one.
Two men can peacefully disagree on ideology if one of them is dead. Win the military war against Islam properly and the ideological one will be solved at the same time.
I am quite interested in insurgency/counterinsurgency warfare, have studied the subject extensively, and am appalled at the lack of propaganda employed by the U.S. and Israel. We’re getting our asses handed to us by goat-herders and latte-lappers in the realm of information/propaganda.
Propaganda/info is how reality and its perception is shaped. Ours is being shaped by the islamists and their enablers (liberal/progressives). The current administration is profoundly retarded in re this issue.
When faced with an Enemy who uses the civilian populace as a human shield, you must protect yourself at all times.
All you can do is to close with and destroy the enemy! If they choose to use innocents as a shields they are the ones responsible for the deaths that result!
They know what they are doing! They hope for the reaction of the press to sway how Israel will react.
But Israel's enemies do not recognize this assertion as "moral high ground". They do not object to killing innocents, in fact, they think it is both wise and moral to do so.
They recognize Israeli bleating about "moral high ground" for the weakness it is.
Such "moral high ground" talk is intended to appeal to Israel's friends, not her enemies.
If Israel cannot fight her enemies under the rules of war recognized by her enemies (no quarter), then plans for evacuation should begin now.
There is no such thing as "international law".
Law is an attribute of sovereignty. Law requires a lawgiver.
Since there is no political entity called "the world", and no person or organization which exercises sovereignty over the Earth, there cannot be transnational legislation.
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You know, an airborne chemical that simply renders people sterile would be a fine tool to have in our arsenal.
The author dismisses the Jihadist threat with his snide comments about the President calling it the fight of our time, after 9/11, even though we'd chased the 'few leaders' back to their caves. That comment is indicative of those who have the attitude that if we'd only leave them alone, they wouldn't bother us.