#Israel: Why now? George Friedman, @GPFutures

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🗓️ 13 October 2023

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#Israel: Why now? George Friedman, @GPFutures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-hamas-israel-war/

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0:00.0	This is CBS Eye on the World with John Batchler.
0:10.2	Here's John Batchler.
0:12.8	Why now?
0:13.8	Why did Hamas launch the attack October 7th, beginning of October 2023?
0:21.2	The preparation was years in the making according to the reporting.
0:25.5	Everything is according to the reporting.
0:26.7	There's fog of war here.
0:28.2	No conclusions, but the reporting says two years in preparation.
0:31.4	Why now?
0:32.4	I welcome George Friedman, the founder and guru of geopolitical futures, to help me understand
0:40.9	how to think about this.
0:42.4	An intelligence failure, yes.
0:46.7	Fog of war descending, yes, siege, yes, casualties ahead, climbing.
0:52.1	But why now?
0:53.1	George, a very good evening to you.
0:54.6	You asked such a provocative question several days past, I've been pondering it.
0:59.6	Is there an explanation yet?
1:01.1	Good evening to you, George.
1:03.1	Good evening.
1:04.1	There's always an explanation that may not be true, but we'll try to think it's through.
1:12.8	In the first place, this had to happen at some time because Hamas had made a decision
1:18.8	to carry out an attack on Israel.
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