re: #207 windsagio

There’s a slight problem that Sherman’s version of ‘cruelty’ is like super tame by modern standards. It was no Sudan or Ethiopia.

Look, when I say fight to win, I am not talking about, G-d forbid, wiping out all Palestinians the way that Sherman later helped to wipe out Native Americans. I am not talking about he sorts of brutality that the Russians or the Chinese or the Arabs routinely employ either.

I am saying that the Israelis ought to have the same sorts of Rules of Engagement that the US employs in Iraq and Afghanistan. Let’s be clear, if they have a sniper, pinning their men from a building, they should hit the building rather than risk the lives of their men trying to take the sniper on foot. Collateral damage may ensue, but that is war. If they see some terrorist planting a homemade bomb, they should shoot the terrorist without fear that they should instead attempt to be police. If they have people attempting to supply the enemy, then the supply lines and suppliers are legitimate military targets. This is something tht every other nation understands.

Only Israel is expected to attempt to be lenient police on a battlefield.