• jmsy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Hamas are terrorists and Western governments support combatting them. Hamas hides behind civilians who tragically are the victims of the war Hamas started this time

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      1 year 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.