The Gaza Strip is only about 25 miles long x 3.5 to 7 miles wide. It has a population of 2.1 Million people. That's 13,700 people per square mile. Gaza Strip is 140 square miles. Gaza has a 25 mile long border with the Mediterranean Sea.
Compare Gaza Strip with Chicago. Chicago has a population of 2.7 Million and a population density of 12,000 people per square mile. It has an area of 227 square miles. Chicago has a 28 mile long border with Lake Michigan.
In a rough sense... attacking the Gaza Strip would be a whole lot like attacking Chicago. Dense population (in both meanings of the term), and approximately same land area with the same amount of land bordering deep water.
Chicago is 71 miles from Milwaukee. Gaza City is 50 miles from Jerusalem.
Could you imagine how we would handle it if people in Chicago were lobbing missiles at Milwaukee?
You left out the fence around Chicago to keep them penned in, and the Navy ships off the coast to prevent anything being imported or exported to or from.
Israel completely controls Gaza. It is a prison camp.
I am not a big fan of the Palestinians, but I can understand why they lash out at their oppressors.
The Gaza Strip is only about 25 miles long x 3.5 to 7 miles wide. It has a population of 2.1 Million people. That's 13,700 people per square mile. Gaza Strip is 140 square miles. Gaza has a 25 mile long border with the Mediterranean Sea.
Compare Gaza Strip with Chicago. Chicago has a population of 2.7 Million and a population density of 12,000 people per square mile. It has an area of 227 square miles. Chicago has a 28 mile long border with Lake Michigan.
In a rough sense... attacking the Gaza Strip would be a whole lot like attacking Chicago. Dense population (in both meanings of the term), and approximately same land area with the same amount of land bordering deep water.
Chicago is 71 miles from Milwaukee. Gaza City is 50 miles from Jerusalem.
Could you imagine how we would handle it if people in Chicago were lobbing missiles at Milwaukee?
You left out the fence around Chicago to keep them penned in, and the Navy ships off the coast to prevent anything being imported or exported to or from.
Israel completely controls Gaza. It is a prison camp.
I am not a big fan of the Palestinians, but I can understand why they lash out at their oppressors.