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Liveinjapan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Endgame

A war for what, exactly? The first rule of launching a military campaign is to know how to end it, and Israel lacks an obvious endgame in Gaza.

Does the bold part mean:

"Israel doesn't seem to know how to end this offensive" 

"Israel cannot see an endgame clearly"

Thanks.
  

Top answer

I would interpret it as Israel has not done any obvious strategic planning as to what their position will be at the end of the war or what their negotations in ending the war will be. The word endgame comes from chess when only a few pieces remain in play.

— AlpheccaStars

  • I would interpret it as Israel has not done any obvious strategic planning as to what their position will be at the end of the war or what their negotations in ending the war will be.
  • The word endgame comes from chess when only a few pieces remain in play.
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I would interpret it as
Israel has not done any obvious strategic planning as to what their position will be at the end of the war or what their negotations in ending the war will be.

The word endgame comes from chess when only a few pieces remain in play.
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AlpheccaStarsIsrael has not done any obvious strategic planning as to what their position will be at the end of the war or what their negotations in ending the war will be.
Thanks, A_Stars.

Understand.

My interpretation (in other words, as a result of not being able to do any obvious strategic planning, Israel has not been able to imagine the
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LiveinjapanIsrael has not been able to imagine the final situation of the war) mentioned above is not too bad, right?
LIJ - It's pretty close, and you will find more detail in the article this is from. But I would focus on the obvious lack of strategic planning, not the ability to imagine the situation.
A well publicized analogy is the US's blunder in I
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AlpheccaStars the obvious lack of strategic planning
Understand!

Thanks a million, A_Stars!
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