Thursday, January 01, 2009

How to win in Gaza

Some have questioned the usefulness of the air campaign against the Hamas regime in Gaza. After all, they argue, didn't the air campaign against Hezbollah in the North accomplish little?

Good point! Here's what Lebanon II taught us. If you're going to air raid, you need to scorch the Earth. No more highly surgical, we love civilians, tactical pinpoint strikes. They need to break the Gazans until they no longer support Hamas. Break out the incindieries. Don't target civilians, but destroy all infrastructure.

Here's the model: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tokyo_in_World_War_II

Or,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II

Tokyo has not been heard from since.

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