Quote: "Without the cataclysmic 'failure' of Mossad and Shin Bet to foresee the attack of Hamas, there would have been no precipe for a regional war. None of the actors in the region would have attacked Israel, unprovoked.... I fail to see an error in my logic. If you do, please comment."
Have you read of how extensive Hamas' preparations were for the attack? They had been planning for two years (or more). Part of their strategy was psychological - to convince Israel (and specifically Israel's intelligence), that they had no real intention of attacking. Simply put, their strategy paid off.
I see Hamas as being clever enough to figure out ways to leverage their strengths against Israel's weaknesses. Sure Israel had ample enough warnings of an impending attack. But they also had been lulled into thinking that their border wall was secure enough, and that Hamas had changed enough, that all the warnings were just noise. Nothing was really going to happen. What mattered more was the internal issues in Israel that distracted them.
Concerning the group-over-groups, I see that as Satan pushing things behind the scenes, so there is that going on. But the prayers of the saints can alter, delay, or thwart his plans. In other words, the group-over-groups does not have full control of what will happen.
tHANKS FOR THE THOIGHTFUL ANALYSIS
Quote: "Without the cataclysmic 'failure' of Mossad and Shin Bet to foresee the attack of Hamas, there would have been no precipe for a regional war. None of the actors in the region would have attacked Israel, unprovoked.... I fail to see an error in my logic. If you do, please comment."
Have you read of how extensive Hamas' preparations were for the attack? They had been planning for two years (or more). Part of their strategy was psychological - to convince Israel (and specifically Israel's intelligence), that they had no real intention of attacking. Simply put, their strategy paid off.
I see Hamas as being clever enough to figure out ways to leverage their strengths against Israel's weaknesses. Sure Israel had ample enough warnings of an impending attack. But they also had been lulled into thinking that their border wall was secure enough, and that Hamas had changed enough, that all the warnings were just noise. Nothing was really going to happen. What mattered more was the internal issues in Israel that distracted them.
Concerning the group-over-groups, I see that as Satan pushing things behind the scenes, so there is that going on. But the prayers of the saints can alter, delay, or thwart his plans. In other words, the group-over-groups does not have full control of what will happen.