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Originally Posted by Chill Cosby
I simply don't see how someone can look at a conflict without bias, see that one nation has responded to terrorism by bombing innocent families, and shrug their shoulders while viciously condemning anyone who speaks out against that nation.
Maybe I'm just not soft enough on Israel for their atrocities to be blind to them and shrug my shoulders. Hearing someone repeatedly mention "rocket attacks" and "human shields" over and over and over, both deplorable tactics, while brushing off equally deplorable tactics like bombing a family home in a populated area simply because it MIGHT have a terrorist in it will never make sense to me.
Neither side has the right to kill innocent people, no matter what. It's just bizarre to see someone claim to agree with that while doing their best to gloss over and shrug off the deaths of one group of innocents.
Israel are sending the bombs. No excuse, whether it be human shields, rockets fired from homes, or Hamas provoking them is stopping the reality: Israel is knowingly killing innocent people, has been doing it for a significant amount of years, and shows no sign of stopping. No excuse changes that fact. No level of evil from Hamas makes that ok.
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Usually Israel is firing on verified rocket or munition sites, they're not firing blindly. They are also showing the areas with pamphlets warning citizens that the attacks are coming.
The only other alternative is for Israel to occupy, destroy the Hamas government and go after the rocket and munition sites on the ground, I will guarantee you that if that happens the casualties will skyrocket on both sides.
If you want to define the end goal of civilian casualties and rampant destruction, Hamas has far more interest in those goals then Israel does, its in their charter, and they are aiming and firing their rockets at populated civilian ares, but it seems that the popular opinion is that Israel should be condemned for not having more casualties on their side due to their defense structure and the fact that they as part of their defense strategy build shelters and train their people on how to get their as quickly as possible.
I would argue that Hamas is a far greater problem then the government in Israel.
The settlements and some of the clumsy and stupid tactics by Israel absolutely have to stop. But until Israel is assured that the rocket attacks will stop permanently its likely that we will not see any progress in terms of peace in the region. Israel cannot go on faith because every time they've declared a cease fire groups like Hamas re-arm, improve their ordinance and start firing again.