Why Israel's bombardment of Gaza neighborhood left US officers 'stunned'

Al Jezeera ^ | Mark Perry

[bert]

This is an analysis of events previously noted but not in such depth. The object of war is to kill the enemy. Apparently the IDF located a large body of the Hamas enemy and did just that

Unmentioned is the exact number of Hamas killed. There are numbers reported for Gaza as a whole but I would guess the number killed in this engagement is classified because it is either very large or unknown.

The fact that the large number of guns was massed for use in just such an engagement is telling. The IDF commanders were prepared to rain down hell on a concentration of Hamas

This engagement alone might have led to a with drawal and cease fire. This neighborhood was likely a key objective to be absolutely destroyed.

We must wait a few years for the memoirs to learn exactly what happened.

[Diogenesis]

Curious Americans want to know:

What did/do these “officers” say about Obama’s release
of the Guantanamo Generals?

or the Obama transfer of MANPADs as an Ambassador
was left to be raped and murdered on live TV?

[wrench]

This action was not an attack, but a response to continued unprovoked attacks by Hamas on Israel.

Do not kick the hornet’s nest then complain about getting stung.

[DManA]

U.S. military sources speaking on condition of anonymity

Profiles in courage.

[DManA]

BTW I stopped reading at the point anonymous started spouting off.

[yldstrk]

Israel had to make time and couldn’t mess around when it found Hamas in a civilian neighborhood. Hope they neutralized the majority of Hamas.

[Shimmer1]

I’m done with anonymous sources by our jaded and leftist media. Whenever they have an agenda to “prove” they pull out the “anonymous sources”

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Looks like a propaganda piece to me.

[CitizenUSA]

You mean some countries still try to actually annihilate enemies? Why, that’s positively barbaric! /s

[Dahoser]

Looks like a propaganda piece to me.

Well, the source is Al Jazeera.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They started it.

[faithhopecharity]

If American military officers really are surprised by the return of enemy fire, USA is in terrible terrible danger. Israel will continue to defend herself doing whatever is necessary. But will this new American military leadership defend USA ( or any of our allies) ? We have been sold out Please pray for America.

[bert]

How so?

[nathanbedford]

The story suggests that Israelis are risking antagonizing the Palestinians in Gaza with indiscriminate artillery bombardment. The story also mentions but does not pursue the allegation that Hamas prohibited civilians from vacating the target area after warnings of the coming bombardment were delivered by the Israelis.

My feeling is that the Gazans are already anti-Israeli and the Israeli tactic is just as likely to turn them against Hamas as it is to aggravate their already existing animosity against Israel. The Israelis are telling the Gazans, there is a price to pay for putting these people in power.

I think there is an object lesson to the United States here. The Arab world responds to power but not to blandishment. Force them to choose between their own survival and a crazy ideology. Turn them against Hamas, Hezbollah, a Qaeda, and Isis as their most immediate and dangerous oppressors. Force them to that choice.

Force Hamas to fear its own population, that is the beginning of the end of a guerrilla operation.

[onedoug]

Isn’t Israel on with one of her see-saw ceasefires now?

Hamas merely taunts them.

Reminds me of us vs islamists. How long are we supposed to lie down?

As long as we have an enemy islamist President, and a Congress that will not challenge him.

islamism advances.

[Paladin2]

Sounds like the IDF was just steralizing the soil

[DManA]

Anonymous is the twin brother of Fictitious.

I’m supposed to believe that Al Jezeera doesn’t make crap up?

[bert]

I have long advocated just such a massing of guns to show unequivocally the women of Gaza the power that can be brought to bear.

It was accomplished differently than I envisioned but the results are there for all to see and especially hear. The noise and shock reverberated far beyond the target area.

When the women as you suggest, see a better course, perhaps there can be change.

[Arlis]

Simply the liberal mindset of how to wage (and lose) war. No such thing existed in WWII - it was win or die.

Israeli’s know that’s the situation with Hamas - win or die.

We are doomed trying to fight wars under liberal rules of engagement and if things ever get bad for us, we’ve already lost with this mentality.

Just like the shooting in Ferguson - cop shot Brown too many times. No, he shot him until the threat no longer existed as cops are properly trained to do.

Only God can save this nation at this point........

[Netz]

Coming from the Arab world's PRAVDA and designed to defame Israel at any cost, these journalists at Al-Jazeera will always find an American military person who is “appalled” at anything Israel does.

The truth of the matter is that Israel showed MASSIVE RESTRAINT in this battle.

When you look at the amount of ordnance used by Israel, 200,000 Paleostinians should have been killed and not 2,000 over a 50 day period.