Those deaths are on Hamas, not Israel. Israel has a duty to end the threat that slaughtered their people. Hamas hiding behind children isn't Israel's responsibility. They have no duty to Palestinians. The people in Palestine should kill Hamas and sympathizers if they really disagree with them so much. You don't get to stand by while your people amass weapons and attack another country then cry genocide when that country responds. The responsibility lies solely with those who attacked and continue to attack Israel; those who refuse surrender and support Hamas.

One of the few legitimate functions of government is to defend it's people from attack. To that end, it is a government's duty to attack and destroy without mercy until full surrender. No deals, no compromises. Surrender or annihilation. That's the deal. The people who don't have the stomach for that are the reason we see decades long wars with far more deaths. In fact, Israel has been too delicate, which has caused more deaths. War should be swift and brutal. So much so that future threats think twice before fucking around and finding out again. THAT is the point of a state. Hamas has went on for too long, and the people of Palestine have allowed it for years. I don't want it to be this way, but I'm not going to blame anyone other than Hamas and those who enable them. They can end this and choose not to. That's on them. View quoted note →