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Originally Posted by _Q_
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_War
During the 3 week operation, over 1400 Palestinians were killed, 5300 injured and 50,000 displaced.
Maybe not carpet bombing in the true sense of the word, but how does indiscriminate destruction and murder sound?
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You know as well as I do that this war was due to a never ending barrage of rockets being shot by Hamas. IDF invaded and the end result was a significant decrease in rocket attacks.
What did I find in your link? Hamas was indiscriminately firing the missiles at Israeli towns (yet you accuse Israel of this), Hamas attacked from population centres (human shields), Hamas fought in civilian clothes and commandeered nurse uniforms and ambulances to stage attacks, stored rockets in mosques, etc etc.
All Hamas has to do is stop the violence. If that was the case, I would have no leg to stand on in these debates.
And yes, lots of death, most of it Palestinian, and it sucks. Big time. But I don't doubt for a second Israel would do the same if rockets kept coming down.
The worst part in this? No outcry from the world during the missile attacks, the only outcry is when Israel defends itself.