All right, so let’s see if we can make some kind of intellectual groundwork concerning the Gaza war.

The new leadership has, kind of, inherited a lot of my ideas and are running with them, without UNDERSTANDING them.

What was the STRATEGIC idea behind the repatriation of the Gaza civilians?

There are, essentially two ways to look at war. 1. The Machiavellian. 2. The faith in the human to find compromise and solve things in dialogue.

In essence Machiavelli says; get real. To solve the conflicts, your need to kill the fight. So he advises destruction the fighting ability of a conquered people. This is extremely cynical; hence the term “Machiavellian” to describe something cynical in warfare and politics. However he is right in many instances. It’s kind of sound to read his book “The Prince” to get real. The other perspective, that of belief in the essence of man as something holy and spiritual, believes that most conflict is misunderstandings and we therefore can work with diplomacy.

The true strategy always lie inbetween the two perspectives. Si vis pacem, para bellum. If you want peace you have to want war. It’s a Roman principle that says that you always have to be prepared for war.

Now in Gaza, the Machiavellian part seems to be winning, with the exception of the still diplomatic arm that is working with the Arab alliance.

This is true, yet I believe it’s a bit skewered to the Machiavellian perspective.

We still need to balance diplomacy and war effort. The wise general wields both tools in an equal measure.

Now innovative strategies help a lot and the understanding of the weapons.

The repatriation plan works, yet the taking of territory is a stupid ideas. What is the point? We need to understand the mechanics of war.

What is the mechanics?

It’s two wills against each other. In other worlds understanding WILL is the core of a prolonged battle as we see.

The morale in other words. Who had the better morale.

This comes down to organization, prowess on the battlefield and so on.

Two wills against each other. Why take territory, when the goal to demoralize the enemy. How do you demoralize them? By taking away support, resources and so on.

That is the core idea behind the repatriation plan; to isolate the fighters and keep the civilians safe.

There is a lot of talk about the tunnels being destroyed. I mean then where do the Hamas fighter hide? I plain sight, in families and so on.

When the civilians are out of Gaza, there will be no more hiding places. And we win.

It’s as simple as that.

G-d bless the will for Israel to win. May we prevail.