[MENTION=3135]jillian[/MENTION] [MENTION=46168]Statistikhengst[/MENTION]
The genus of Hillary Clinton...
Speaking to journalist Jorge Ramos yesterday, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggested that Hamas operates in civilian populated areas in Gaza because it's "pretty small."
"The problem is, and this is something, I'm not a military planner but Hamas puts its missiles, its rockets in civilian areas, part of it is that Gaza's pretty small and it's very densely populated. They put their command and control of Hamas military leaders in those civilian areas," Clinton said.
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Well, @Jroc, hate to bust your bubble, but essentially, Hillary Clinton is right.
Gaza City is only 17 sq miles in size and has, according to latest estimates, just a little more than 500,000 inhabitants.
Gaza City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New York City, on the other hand, is 469 square miles (or 27.6 times larger than Gaza) and has between 20 - 23 million inhabitants.
New York City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But it's not just the size, it' the construction. Streets tend to be narrower and things are generally much closer to each other, making it much harder to absolute pinpoint accuracy.
Now, if you think that comparing to NYC is not fair, let's compare Gaza City to Tel Aviv:
Tel Aviv is only 20 square miles, comparable in land size to Gaza City, but it houses 1.3 million people and springs to 3.5 million when you include the metro area.
Tel Aviv - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So, yes, compared to any really large city in the world, and even compared to Tel Aviv, Gaza City is "pretty small".
So, your problem with this?
Next time, do your homework and see that there was nothing silly about what Hillary Clinton said. Factually, she is actually quite correct.
@Jillian