▲ 119 ▼ As Gazans Scrounge for Food and Water, Hamas Sits on a Rich Trove of Supplies (www.nytimes.com) submitted 2 years ago by shatal@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 98 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 35 points 2 years ago (3 children) So cutting of food and water doesnt even hurt Hamas it's just to be cruel to civilians? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Historically besieged armies didn't starve their own citizens, everyone starved. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Norgur@kbin.social 26 points 2 years ago Yes, but the civilians starved before the army did. That's what we're seeing here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jet@hackertalks.com 12 points 2 years ago* (1 child) From the total war doctrine, it does hurt Hamas, putting pressure on the civil government will hurt the ability to conduct war. Their used to be a theory that you could break the fighting spirit of a people with embargos and bombings, but it fell out of favor in wwii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) *after wwii. Goebbels most famous words are "Wollt ihr den totalen Krieg?" from his speech at the Berliner Sportpalast in 1943. But even after wwii the US bombing campaigns and massacres in Korea and Vietnam still stem from a total war doctrine. It never really went away. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 2 years ago When all you have is a hammer.... I'm not sure it ever worked to break the fighting spirit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] snek@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Yep. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Historically besieged armies didn't starve their own citizens, everyone starved. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Norgur@kbin.social 26 points 2 years ago Yes, but the civilians starved before the army did. That's what we're seeing here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Norgur@kbin.social 26 points 2 years ago Yes, but the civilians starved before the army did. That's what we're seeing here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jet@hackertalks.com 12 points 2 years ago* (1 child) From the total war doctrine, it does hurt Hamas, putting pressure on the civil government will hurt the ability to conduct war. Their used to be a theory that you could break the fighting spirit of a people with embargos and bombings, but it fell out of favor in wwii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) *after wwii. Goebbels most famous words are "Wollt ihr den totalen Krieg?" from his speech at the Berliner Sportpalast in 1943. But even after wwii the US bombing campaigns and massacres in Korea and Vietnam still stem from a total war doctrine. It never really went away. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 2 years ago When all you have is a hammer.... I'm not sure it ever worked to break the fighting spirit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) *after wwii. Goebbels most famous words are "Wollt ihr den totalen Krieg?" from his speech at the Berliner Sportpalast in 1943. But even after wwii the US bombing campaigns and massacres in Korea and Vietnam still stem from a total war doctrine. It never really went away. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 2 years ago When all you have is a hammer.... I'm not sure it ever worked to break the fighting spirit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 2 years ago When all you have is a hammer.... I'm not sure it ever worked to break the fighting spirit. permalink fedilink source parent