You keep claiming I spout off about things I don't know about while you seem to be wholly uninformed about the realities of not only Muslim terrorists in general, but especially Hamas.
You believe, based on generic research, that it's ineffective, yet you likely know, without admitting it, that not regulating Gaza would resort in the death of significantly more Israelis.
Sure. What Israel should do is the "right* thing which would result in mass murder of its people.
I Never said there was. It's just interesting that you have all kinds of things to say, but can't muster even a thought when asked what Israel should do.
1. I am actually far more informed about the realities of Muslim terrorists than you are. You see, when I first started teaching, I had a thought that maybe we might want to offer a course in sharia finance. It's an interesting field, because the Muslim world bankers have managed to construct a financial system on top of a biblical command that should prevent it: i.e. in sharia, it's illegal to charge interest on a loan. I don't know all that much about the details, but they get around the "interest on a loan" by styling the loan as a repurchase agreement. That's the very brief version but it's more complicated.
[Note: one reason I was interested in the topic was that we had many Saudi grad students at the law school, and I had a good working relationship with them. In fact, one of my students became famous by writing about an idea he and I talked about a bit (it was my idea, of course, as the professor): that a weakness in Saudi financial regulations was the absence of preferred stock, because preferred stock is the way venture capital investments work, and the Saudis were unlikely to attract venture capital without some equivalent financial instrument. I might have been able to forge something of an international reputation out of it, except the Saudis stopped sending their students to the US so my connections were severed.]
So I contacted a professor in the Arab Studies department who had written about sharia and he and I talked. In particular, he was interested in the practice of sharia-compliant money laundering. I was like, "why do money launderers bother to comply with sharia law while breaking secular law, to accomplish ends that violate sharia law," and the answer given was to read his book, which I did not get around to. But in those discussions, I learned quite a bit about how terrorist groups in Pakistan (that was his specialty area) are organized and operate.
2. And again, that's the difference between us. Before I form an opinion, I consult with experts, directly if possible or more commonly through their writings. Since I have not done that, I don't form opinions. You seem to treat that as a character flaw, but in reality it's a character strength. It's why I know so many things -- because I don't let myself be satisfied until I do.
So you are never going to get an answer from me about "what should Israel do." I am proud of not having an answer, because it's a sign that I'm a rational person, humble in the face of truth, and more interested in understanding than shooting off my mouth. Somehow you are proud of being the precise opposite.
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