Re: Israeli Gaza Airstrikes
im going to put forward my first non troll post on this topic.
now, i will always support the people of Palestine. and deep down i also wish Israel ceased to exist. however, for that to even be achieved a mass genocide will happen. and no children should have to go through such an ordeal. One needs to look at the realities and understand that Israel isnt going anywhere.
speaking realistically, Hamas was democratically elected to represent the people of gaza in its best interest. truth be told....the best interest of gaza was to further extend the ceasefire with Israel. why they didnt do so....most likely they were planning these attacks before hand. however, they just under-estatimated the Israeli defense. it is a natural law in war where you over estimate the underestimate. i am yet to figure out wtf hamas were thinking at the time...probably being brainwashed by religious indoctrination like usual. 72 virgins? i dont know.
Is Israel's reaction disproportionate ? Absolutely! Is that justified ? Perhaps?
Its foolish of Hamas to resort to violence (regardless of the damage it inflicts) with Israel, which has superior forces of all forms. however, one could also claim that Israel doesn't really have any sort of peaceful agenda.
The collective punishment of Gaza isnt really the right way for Israel to seek peace. when the gazans chose hamas as govt, israel decided to colectively starve all gazans so that they would simply implode and destroy hamas in the process. This is wrong.