You realize that violence on that level would create a breeding-ground for terrorists.. right?
The arguement roughly speaking would be that only a poiltical soloution can provide peace,
That's a claim, not an argument. On what grounds do they believe that there is
only political solution and that it has to be reached first?
and that since the IDF dont despute the universal assertion more civilians are being killed than militants that military action generates more new militants than it kills.
Again, that's
a claim, without any facts supporting it. It's just a repetition of the old fallacious claim that combating terrorism actually breeds more terrorism. It has never been proved by empirical evidence.
In the very short term it will disrupt C+C, supplies etc but in the longer term it solidifies support around the world for the militants and is the shilling on the drum for a new generation of Palistian children.
Conventional logic would suggest that the Palestinian children don't need Israeli bombs to be seduced by the terrorist - the islamist propaganda they're being fed with in schools, television (terrorist mickey mouse is just the tip of the iceberg here), in mosques etc. does all the brainwashing that's needed.
I might add that historically, appeasing the aggressor or ignoring his aggressive moves has
never been met with success. On the contrary: inaction or concessions were always viewed as a sign of weakness and only encouraged the aggressor to even greater aggression.
You can't beat a man 'til he stops hating you.
If there's one extra naive idea in circulation, it is that Israel could somehow win "hearts and minds" of the Palestinians. That's clearly impossible due to the extreme religious/ethnic/culturall hatred fueled by islamist propaganda that exists in the region.
Didn't work in NI. Didn't work in Iraq. As a solution to insergency I cant think of it ever having worked anywhere much. Political solutions or just killing every civillian are the only things that have ever worked in the long term.
Insurgency as a way of waging war against a stronger enemy is not invincible. Russia broke the Chechens in the 2nd war, Brits defeated the communists in Malaya. It can be defeated by military means, provided that you meet few conditions (sever the supply routes for starters - entirely doable in Gaza).
In fact, a military victory is often a solid prerequisite for a political/diplomatic victory.
This is probably what Israel's planning to achieve. It wants to change the military reality on the ground in its favour and then continue working on political settlement. But first and foremost it want to destroy the terrorist capacity to attack southern Israel.
