| While Fogels comments are interesting, he was safely in the rear and not up front where we were getting shot at. The IDF advance went well until we got into the heavily populated areas of Gaza. Our tanks could not maneuver properly. The streets were too narrow and the anti-tank fire became so heavy that our forces were ordered to pull back to prevent casualties. Yes, we could have destoyed Hamas eventually but the cost would have been in hundreds of IDF troop deaths and wounded. Hamas of today is not Hamas 10 years ago. They are a well trained Commando Force second only to Hizbullah today.Fogel reminds me of a story my late Father use to tell, "We killed a bear but Daddy shot him." |
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