Parsing Gains of Gaza War
Bronner is one of the reporters covering this story I like more for the NYT. His analysis piece today, however, didn't give me more than a some well-traveled comments/concepts other than Hamas' soldiers displayed a greater sense of discipline and this nugget (yes, that's sarcasm):
"Shlomo Brom, a researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University and a retired brigadier general, said it was wrong to consider Hamas a group of irrational fanatics.
“'I have always said that Hamas is a very rational political movement,' he said. 'When they use suicide bombings, for example, it is done very consciously, based on calculations of the effectiveness of these means. You see, both sides understand the value of calculated madness. That is one reason I don’t see an early end to this ongoing war.'"
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