• @Zron
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    01 year ago

    You’re going all the way back to World War 2 and the civil war? Really?

    We’ve had a few advancements since those days, if you haven’t seen. Things like robust intelligence networks, spy satellites, and highly trained special forces who’s job is largely training for highly delicate scenarios like mass hostage situations. All of these strategies came out of world war 2, they were kind of in their infancy back them.

    Regardless, it’s an apples and oranges comparison. The strategy that worked 70 years ago isn’t necessarily the strategy that will work today. Did no one learn from the 20 years that the US and allied forces spent in the Middle East? Bombing the shit out of civilians to fight terrorists just makes more terrorists.

    • probablyaCat
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      31 year ago

      Intelligence networks are not all knowing. How long did it take to find Osama? Special forces are not super soldiers. They are not trained in order to drop them into a densely populated area where they will be instantly seen and attacked. They really on the enemy not knowing that they will even be there. Spy satellites cannot actually zoom in and see your face.

      This is actually a modern military strategy too. It is defined as rapid dominance. It isn’t a new strategy. It has been used in the past.

      And rescuing hostages with special forces in a non hostile zone is an incredibly difficult situation. Sending special forces into Gaza would just get them killed before they found the hostages. Look at when the Chechen terrorists took over the Moscow theater.

      Israel can, honestly, do very little for those hostages. That’s the problem with hostage situations. They are now trying to make it so no hostages are taken in the future. This is where the general rule of not negotiating with terrorists comes from.