E.Rowell: From Sun Tzu we learn: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” The US is a country that, by Sun Tzu’s description, knows neither itself nor the enemy. This is why the US has succumbed in every battle following World War II. This article discusses the problem that inheres when the US government attempts to give advice to the Israeli government, which has won every battle it has fought.
Opinion: By continuing to assume Hamas wishes for the best for Palestinians in Gaza, the US falls for the terror group’s trap when it refuses to see it as the main cause of Gazan suffering.
By Atar Porat, YNET NEWS 21 March 2024
Recently, in one of the Pentagon’s press conferences ahead of the American mission to establish a causeway for aid in Gaza,
Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder was asked how the Administration was going to ensure the humanitarian aid reaches civilians and not Hamas.
In other words, the Israeli allegation is that the bulk of the aid gets stolen by Hamas the minute it enters the Gaza Strip via the land crossings. It does not reach the civilians – which helps Hamas maintain its war machine.
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