11-22-2023, 12:07 AM
The Hamas attack on Israel looks like a convulsion of a decrepit regime. What has Hamas been doing?
For what is basically a city state with a shoreline it has something clearly missing: a suitable port. It is possible to dredge out a port for a large coastal city along a nearly-flat shore.
A port facility would have been an excellent place for bringing in aid and taking out vulnerable people. The first thing I thought, after hearing of the Israeli attack was "where are the navies bringing in aid and taking out people?" There were none! The Mediterranean Sea has some impressive navies.
For what is basically a city state with a shoreline it has something clearly missing: a suitable port. It is possible to dredge out a port for a large coastal city along a nearly-flat shore.
A port facility would have been an excellent place for bringing in aid and taking out vulnerable people. The first thing I thought, after hearing of the Israeli attack was "where are the navies bringing in aid and taking out people?" There were none! The Mediterranean Sea has some impressive navies.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.
