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The debate over Israel’s Gaza strategy is wrong.

JL;DR SUMMARY Andrew Fox, a former British Army officer, critiques the application of Western counterinsurgency (COIN) strategies to Israel's military actions in Gaza. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasGazaIdfMilitary StrategyCivilian CasualtiesMiddle East ConflictUrban WarfareCounterinsurgencyDavid Petraeus

Places mentioned

Sandhurst, England, United Kingdom
"behavioural science at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst which provides military and leadership training."
Ukraine
"They recognise it in Ukraine because it aligns with the Cold War."
Afghanistan
"Many American and British military veterans from the 2003to2020 period have examined Israels operations."
Iraq
"in Iraq and Afghanistan, Western forces focused on population-centric strategies securing and winning the support of the local population."
Lebanon
"attacked from seven different arenas: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank, Iraq, Yemen, and Iran."
Syria
"attacked from seven different arenas: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank, Iraq, Yemen, and Iran."
Yemen
"attacked from seven different arenas: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank, Iraq, Yemen, and Iran."
Iran
"attacked from seven different arenas: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank, Iraq, Yemen, and Iran."
Grozny, Chechen, Russian Federation
"When Russia flattened Grozny in the 1990s, or when the Allies firebombed cities in the Second World War, civilian deaths ran into the hundreds of thousands."

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