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Originally Posted by WCW Nitro
If some people are going to say that yeah Palestinian civilian casualties are bad, but hey that's what happens when you bomb a densely populated area, then why can't there be an argument that Israeli civilian casualties are bad, but hey that's what happens when there's an occupation? Both sides are using what they have, Israel is using its massive firepower knowing there'll be civilian casualties, and hamas is using what they have. If israel can say well the civilian casualties are a necessity, why can't Hamas say this is all we have and we have no other means to end the occupation? Why is one group of civilian casualties ok, but the other isn't?
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There is a huge difference. Israel has openly said that they target rocket sites knowing that there will be civilian casualties because Hamas is hiding rockets among civilians. Apparently Israel feels that civilian Palestinian casualties are acceptable in order to get rid of the rocket sites. This means they will hit schools, hospitals, etc, etc because Hamas hides the rockets there.
Hamas on the other hand doesn't get a rats ass where the rockets hit as they've been firing them for years hoping to hit anyone or anything in Israel. The intent IS to inflict civilian casualties and not military and to gain support from outside influences who are actually naive enough to support what they're doing, or at the very least feel sympathy for their plight.
One can argue about Israeli policies and have great points many of which have been outlined here by Flash, Flames Fan Ph.D and others, but when it comes to the action of the Israeli military in targeting Hamas rocket sites, I find it a bit mind-boggling that people suddenly forget the fact that Hamas is intentionally hiding their rockets and weapons among innocent civilians BECAUSE they want people to accuse Israel of war crimes when they target those exact sites.
I actually agree that as the dominant power, Israel should take the first step to solve the problem, but when it comes to how they fight the actual conflicts, everything isn't as black and white anymore.