Not really a wargame but footage of the current Israel-Palestine conflict. The bird's eye view and false color infrared vision of the video provides a rather serene and somewhat video-game like quality for the viewer. The Hebrew translation indicates that the superior training of the Israeli soldier wins the day.
The imagery, the perspective, and the commentary all contribute to a genre one might call war porn. It's cool. It's exciting. You want to take sides.
But...
Those who rise up suck at aiming. Those who rise up suck at tossing grenades. Out skilled, out-gunned, out-supplied, those who rise up can never play this war game on a level playing field with those of a world power or an elite fighting force. So let's go back to playing our video game in god's eye view mode.
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