• DogMuffins
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    11 months ago

    That’s not really an answer though - obviously there’s a question of degree.

    If there were 20,000 terrorists with access to advanced weaponry then a few hundred civilian casualties is probably acceptable. If there’s 100 terrorists with access to some home made rockets then a few thousand civilian casualties probably isn’t acceptable.

    Is the present campaign against Gaza with the mode of engagement by Israel really the surest path to peace with the least civilian casualties? Hard to believe given that there was a stale mate just a few weeks ago.

    Besides which, you can’t kill all the terrorists, that’s not how extremism works.

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        11 months ago

        Ok, well it doesn’t address the question, at all.

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          11 months ago

          Of course it does. Fighting terrorism gives the perception of moral high ground

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            11 months ago

            Israel is creating a humanitarian crisis. If you’re getting the perception of moral high ground I don’t really know what to say to you.