Horrendous Military Strategies In Israel-Hamas War: Is Demolition Bombardment An Acceptable Military Strategy? Is Deterrence An Effective Weapon? What Constitute War Crimes?
By Terry Nettle
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In the latest Israel-Hamas war in 2023, deterrence is the hidden word in the fiercely avowed Israeli objective to erase Hamas from the face of the earth - the logic is to deter future Palestinian rebellion and attack. This is manifested in the horrendous and relentless bombardment of Gaza, killing up to 15,000 Palestinians in just 6 weeks, with almost half being women and children.
And all this was to avenge the death of 1,200 in Israel from the Hamas 10/7 surprise attack into Israel? All this to deter future attacks on Israel?
Or this was simply to punish the Palestinians for their "trespasses" against Israel?
In any case, which is more abhorrent? The terrorist attack that killed 1,200? Or the revenge massacre of 15,000, and counting, with an incredibly overwhelming military force and relentless bombardment?
In criminal law, a premeditated killing is a murder. But a revenge killing of the murderer is a murder too. This is exacerbated if the revenge killing is extended to the killing of the family and friends of the murderer. Pleading of self-defence is not an acceptable defence in such criminal cases.
The world will have a far better chance for global peace if all nations and peoples focus on cooperation instead of deterrence.
The world will be a better place if humankind firmly reject vengeance and revenge, and reject the use of overwhelming military force to win at all costs.
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Horrendous Military Strategies In Israel-Hamas War - Terry Nettle
1. Foreword
Horrendous Military Strategies In Israel-Hamas War.
Is Demolition Bombardment An Acceptable Military Strategy?
Is Deterrence An Effective Weapon?
What Constitute War Crimes?
These are critical current questions that need to be answered.
2. Deadly Bombardment
Raining deaths from the sky by demolition bombardment has been used recently by countries whose military possess powerful air force and huge arsenals of bombs and missiles.
Deadly bombardment of enemy cities and housing complexes in Gaza has been justified by Israel as its absolute right of self-defence. And this questionable justification has been strongly supported by the greatest superpower of the world, USA, and by the rest of the West, for whatever devious reasons and secret motivations.
How in this modern time is this mass casualty and mass destruction revenge strategy still being justified? How is it still being used by supposedly civilized and democratic countries in prosecuting their wars against their enemies?
3. Deterrence Strategy
Is this revenge strategy acceptable as a deterrence strategy? Is this being glorified by supposedly civilized countries as an effective method to deter future wars and to deter enemy action and to deter enemy retaliation?
Is deterrence being used as an excuse