“If you hurt people enough, eventually they will do what you
want. This method was championed by Machiavelli and served as
the basis of successful parenting strategies for centuries.
Besides, it worked great for Pavlov.”
— Israeli military operations manual
“They already hate us. We can work with that.”
— Hezbollah terrorist operations manual
Re the infrastructure component of Israel’s bombing campaign
in Lebanon, which is effectively psychological and anti-civilian.
It didn’t work in WWII either.
copyright 2006, 2024 Jay J.P. Scott
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