Why Bomb Civilians?
The problem with strategic bombing, in which civilians are regarded as legitimate targets, is that it seems never to have worked. The Palestinians, whether they are ruled by Hamas or not, will not stop fighting Israel, if only because the destruction of Gaza has left them with nothing much more to lose.
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NEW YORK – The time before last that Israel was fighting a war in Gaza, in 2009, Avigdor Lieberman, the foreign minister at the time, compared the conflict to America’s war with Japan. There was no need for a costly ground invasion; the enemy could be bombed into submission from the air.