Wednesday, December 3, 2014

The Very Definition Of Pyrrhic Victory

According to Gilad Atzmon, the Palestinians have won yet another victory of sorts:

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/12/02/the-palestinians-have-managed-to-topple-another-israeli-government/

This victory came at a terrible cost:

Between 2,127 and 2,189 Gazans were killed (including 513 children) and between 10,895 and 11,100 were wounded. The Gaza Health Ministry, UN and some human rights groups reported that 69–75% of the Palestinian casualties were civilians. On 5 August, OCHA stated that 520,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip (approximately 30% of its population) might have been displaced, of whom 485,000 needed emergency food assistance and 273,000 were taking shelter in 90 UN-run schools. 17,200 Gazan homes were totally destroyed or severely damaged, and 37,650 homes suffered damage but were still inhabitable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict

This is the very definition of "Pyrrhic victory".

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