It finally happened. After months of reasoning, cajoling, and threatening, President Biden took a concrete step to try to deter Benjamin Netanyahu from perpetrating another humanitarian disaster by invading Rafah, the last stronghold of Hamas, the last piece of Gaza not bulldozed by the Israeli military, and home—if you can call it that—to more than one million civilian refugees.
There are probably right answers to your questions, but even if the fog of war was lifted and there was perfect clarity as to the stats quo, I'm not sure we'll ever know what the right answers were. No RCTs in history.
Well, if there's a right answer that's indecipherable, it's the same thing as no right answer. You evaluate the situation, consider your alternatives, and choose the one that you think is the most likely to yield a favorable outcome. It seems clear that Netanyahu is trying to get the most favorable outcome for himself, even if it isn't best for Israel.
There are probably right answers to your questions, but even if the fog of war was lifted and there was perfect clarity as to the stats quo, I'm not sure we'll ever know what the right answers were. No RCTs in history.
Well, if there's a right answer that's indecipherable, it's the same thing as no right answer. You evaluate the situation, consider your alternatives, and choose the one that you think is the most likely to yield a favorable outcome. It seems clear that Netanyahu is trying to get the most favorable outcome for himself, even if it isn't best for Israel.