ZenMode
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The standards of war have changed over time. Things that were viewed as acceptable in the past are not now.Was it right or wrong for the US to have carpet bombed Vietnam with napalm, agent orange and conventional explosives, since the VC fighters were "hiding" amidst the villages?
Terrorists don't live in operating hospitals, churches, schools and mosques...What never occurs to the unreflective apologist is that the Hamas soldiers "hide" among civilians because that's where they live. They aren't a professional military with military bases and barracks for the troops. Like the VC in that respect. That's what happens in such situations.
Israel has to monitor Gaza because they're run by terrorists. Giving Gaza absolute sovereignty would only allow the terrorists to make more and more murderous attempts at actually wiping Israel of the map.For many years, Israel squeezed Gaza pointlessly. It made the Palestinians angry. Very angry, and rightfully so. Some of them joined Hamas, and Hamas realized that its previous strategy of isolated bombings had become ineffective. So it planned something bigger.
Again, should Israel allow Hamas to murder and take hostages, run back to their schools, hospitals and churces and hide, avoiding any kind of consequence for their actions?What do you think is going to happen next? Islamism is going to just die because Hamas was destroyed? Thousands of years of human history suggest that is not the likely outcome. What is much more likely is that terrorists will get their hands on a nuke and bye bye Tel Aviv. An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.