[gljiva]

On the contrary: terrorism is the way to make the west make a symbolic political gesture AGAINST you.

Their terrorism looks a bit less barbaric than what Hamas did, but the scale on which it's perpetrated is much larger and the dead babies don't care how it looked when they died.

Hamas barbaric terrorist attack shouldn't give carte blanche for an even worse response

[guizmo]

Do you think Israel need to destroy Hamas after October 7th?

If you do, what is your magical way to destroy Hamas without killing any civilian?

[wqaatwt]

Presumably not what Israel is doing now. I do fully agree with destroying Hamas. How is the current situation going to achieve that?

Either they will have to eliminate the entire population of Gaza one way or the other (I can’t see any country that would be willing to accept all those people..) or as soon as they leave Hamas will get thousands and thousands of new recruits, due to obvious reasons. There is no better way to radicalize someone than blowing up their house and murdering their family..

But in large part the main goal of what is happening now is the preservation of Netanyahu’s political career (and that of his cronies). Just like when he was supporting Hamas to divide the Palestinians.

[bigyabai]

If a cop shoots at a terrorist through a human shield, the terrorist did not kill anyone. They "win" in this scenario.

This is why the concept of patient de-escalation is consistent across all successful doctrines that combat terrorism. Terror is not defeated if the state copies chaotic strategies, only perpetuated.