Coleman Hughes explains to Joe Rogan why Hamas’ tactics are unacceptable in today’s world
Coleman Hughes, a guest on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” highlighted the uniqueness of the Israel-Hamas conflict. He criticized Hamas’ strategy of embedding themselves among civilians to avoid being targeted, resulting in a high civilian death toll compared to combatants. Hughes emphasized the dangerous tactics employed by Hamas, making this war distinct from others in history. Your summary effectively conveys Coleman Hughes’ insights on the Israel-Hamas conflict, emphasizing the controversial strategy employed by Hamas. It highlights the risks posed to civilians due to the group’s tactics, distinguishing this conflict from others in history. The summary captures the key points concisely and articulately.
Author and podcaster Coleman Hughes, appearing on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” declared that the reason that the Israel-Hamas war was unique was that the terrorist group Hamas had employed a strategy that should not be allowed in the world we live in.
“If you ask the question, ‘What is unique about this war? What is different about this war than all other wars?’, it’s not the civilian death toll,” Hughes, the author of “The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America,” began. “The ratio of (dead Hamas) combatants to (Palestinian) civilians, I think it’s better than the American army’s was when we got ISIS out of Mosul. That was like 10,000 civilians dead to kill 4,000 ISIS. This is 19,000 civilians dead to kill 13,000.”
“What’s unique about this war, unlike every other war that I could think of, is you have an army in Hamas that has perfected the art of embedding itself, enmeshing itself with civilians so that you cannot hit them without hitting the people around them,” he explained. “Other armies have done this but none have perfected it to the extent that Hamas has. No army that I know of in military history has had 15 years to build 300 miles of tunnel underneath a city that they don’t use to shelter the civilians, but they use to shelter themselves so that they can operate right under a kindergarten, right under a mosque.”
“So this is a challenge no army has faced and so that’s what makes this war different,” he asserted. “I agree with all of the absolute tragedy and suffering of the Palestinian people but what creates that is the way Hamas fights. And either we can say one of two things: We can either say, ‘Well, Israel doesn’t have a clean shot’ and so they have to let Hamas get away with it because it’s too much to bear — then we are essentially creating a situation where terrorists have found the perfect solution, which is that you can cross the border, go house to house slaughtering your enemies and then hide behind your own people and they can do nothing about it. It’s a perfect strategy.”
“Can we live in a world where we allow that to be an acceptable strategy?” he asked rhetorically. “I don’t think so. And it’s very ugly to watch – it’s heartbreaking and I completely understand why people don’t think the way I think when they see the videos, I completely get it. I don’t think we can actually live in a world where that’s allowed to be a strategy.”
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Well said, @coldxman. pic.twitter.com/CjZcdBcuyJ
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