The Washington Post has an article today about Israel’s offensive in Gaza that is titled “Early Stages of Israeli ground assault in Gaza shrouded in secrecy”, which I thought was just about right. I know that Hamas broadcast its terror attack/killing spree on social media as it was happening. But that was the purpose of Hamas’s attack, publicity and generation of anti-Israeli and antisemitic protests around the world. Hanas was killing babies, etc., to get Israel to react so that people would then react to Israel’s overreaction (whether real or not). If Palestinians were killed, it didn’t matter to Hamas, as long as Israel could be seen to overreact. In fact, the ,more Palestinians killed, the better it was for Hamas’s strategy.
But, back to The Washinton Post headline: “Early Stages of Israeli ground assault in Gaza shrouded in secrecy.” I remember back during the Persian Gulf War in 1990/91. The news media complained that reporters were being censored and they weren’t being allowed to report on U.S. and allied troop movements and locations. This was back before social media and public satellite coverage, etc., so we were able to keep our troop locations and deployments secret. This allowed us to swing around the Iraqi right flank with our tanks, disrupting the Iraqi positions and crushing their forces. Which would not have been doable if the media had been able to broadcast our plans and positions to the world.
So, if the Israelis want to keep their plans and what they are doing as secret as possible, it’s fine with me. I can wait a couple of weeks to find out what happened.
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