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Grow Some Labia's avatar

Yeah, there's plenty of blame on the Palestinians as well. What no one remembers is how their ancestors invaded 1300 years ago and pushed out a lot of the Jews. Their religion has a hate-on for Judaism as well as Christianity in their holy book. It's a religious community that clearly accepts terrorism to some degree although I know #NotAllMuslims. Hamas has sworn to destroy the Jewish state and so far, a fuckuva lot of Palies are cheering the attack on Israel. So they shouldn't be surprised that many of their own will die, and I'm sure plenty of war crimes will be committed against them too. I hope they enjoy it, they asked for it.

It's a centuries-long tit-for-tat that will go on long after we're dead. Hamas knew what would happen when they did what they did, and they're backed by israel-hating Iran. I imagine the carnage against the Palies won't be so bad that they'll rethink their love affair with violence and anti-Semitism.

I'm no fan of Israel either, BTW. I know how brutal they've been to the Palies. I have to hold my nose whenever I say anything supportive of either side, because frankly I wish they'd ALL fuck off to another planet. They're both brutal shits.

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Peaceful Dave's avatar

As a Marine I learned that in war there are no good guys and bad guys, just our guys and their guys. I also saw the suffering of the non-combatants who wanted no part of any of it. Not everyone in Palestine supports Hamas.

I knew a Palestinian who moved to the US at the age of 18. He said that as a child he wondered why the Israelis frequently shut off the water and/or electricity. The children now must be wondering why they are being bombed.

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Grow Some Labia's avatar

Today I wonder whether Israeli children are wondering why they got kidnapped, or their brothers and sisters slaughtered in a kibbutz.

Or why their uncle was blown up at a Sbarro's years ago.

Israeli schoolchildren must wonder why the Palestinians vowed many decades ago to 'drive all the Jews into the sea'.

Tit-for-tat is a very ugly game in which everyone loses, every single time.

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