John Spencer
“Not This!” is the battle cry of those who don’t know what they’re talking about. It’s performative ignorance, too lazy to study the history of war or the operational reality of Gaza (enemy forces, terrain, population, international political context, and all other operational variables). It’s easier to rant than invite real experts to explain what’s driving Israel’s strategy. The great military strategist Piers Morgan says "the current strategy is failing." That’s not analysis, it’s ignorance. Wars are not judged by feelings. They’re judged by the political objectives of both sides. Hamas has 3 supporting goals for the war: 1) survive the war and be a celebrated as the great terrorist regime that conducted October 7th and survived Israel's counter attack 2) It wants to maintain military capability to destroy Israel, kill all jews on the planet 3) it wants to stay as the governing power of Gaza subjugating its population, receive billions from the international community for the civilians in Gaza that they divert to achieve #2. Hamas has achieved none of its goals and has no measurable variables to say its chosen strategy will get it there. Israel also has 3 supporting goals: 1) Return the hostages. 2) Destroy Hamas as a military and as the governing body of Gaza. 3) Ensure no force in the Gaza Strip is able to threaten Israel again. Israel has returned 196 of 251 hostages. Hamas's military has been dismantled. It had 5 brigades, 24 battalions, 30-40k trained fighters, 20,000 rockets, held terrain, could conduct coordinated attacks and defenses. Today, it has none of that. Hamas does not have a military capable of organized operations, it has a guerrilla force made up of untrained, inexperienced, radicalized mostly youths (average age of a Hamas replacement soldier is in the teens) with limited military equipment continuing to use civilians as human shields and human sacrifice. Hamas is losing political control. Gazans are protesting and speaking out against them. Their political and military leadership is dead. Israel has figured out a way to take their ability to control food distribution that they used as power over the people. Israel is closing in militarily in many directions. No threat has the ability to leave Gaza to conduct operations against the citizens of Israel. Israel has also defanged Hezbollah (the crown jewel of the Islamic Regime in Iran) in Lebanon, contributed to the fall of Assad in Syria, destroyed Assad's military arsenal, protect Druze communities in Syria, showed the world Iran was weak, proved its own resolve, restraint, and military superiority while fighting on seven fronts. Despite what Piers and other ignorant mouthpieces say about Israel's reputation, the U.S. administration (and other nations) and majority of the U.S. population recognize the necessity of Israel's operations against Hamas in Gaza. Despite their feelings, Israel moves towards the complete destruction of Hamas every day. If October 7 had happened in the U.S., UK, or any NATO nation, the response would have been overwhelming and just. The difference? Israel has fewer tools and more constraints, yet still complies with the laws of war and takes unprecedented precautions to protect civilians. War is hell. War is death and destruction. Hamas built Gaza for war. It wants civilian deaths to feed its propaganda. The belief that Hamas could be destroyed bloodlessly is not just naïve—it’s dangerous for the future of all nations.
Piers Morgan
Respectfully, not this! The current strategy is failing - it’s not eliminating Hamas, not getting the hostages back, and killing endless innocent women and children which is making Israel an increasing global pariah.