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Originally Posted by blankall
Hamas is made up of a group of chicken hawks. Grey haired politicians sending young men on suicide missions while they collect millions (and sometimes billions). These young men grow up in a conservative society in economic shambles. They get indoctrinated into a system where they are told that throwing their lives away to protect the interest of millionaires will guarantee them a paradise filled with virgin concubines. Often it's just a matter of being told they will finally get laid in heaven.
No, Hamas leadership do not care about their own members.
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I agree with this completely, but it's interesting how we draw different conclusions.
Through its actions, Israel is creating
more of these men in a society that is now ruined (economically and otherwise) way more than it was two weeks ago. It feels like - by your own logic - Israel has made the problem and threat to their country much worse with their response.
If I have a mouse in my home I don't burn the house down. I hunt the mouse with traps, etc. That's how you kill terrorists, too. Kill the individuals (or capture and punish them). Destroying their country and ruining the lives of the civilians you've caged is completely counter to any rational long-term goals that will further Israel's interests. It's just so fkn boneheaded and murderous that it pisses me off.
Think of the USA again and their response to 9/11. How many poor souls died for nothing with that vile reaction? And in the end, two helicopters and a dozen guys cut the head off in one night mission based on good old fashioned spycraft and intelligence. To have learned nothing from that trillion dollar boondoggle and for Israel to repeat a similar tactical fk up is ridiculous beyond words. And their cheering squad around the world is equally insane.