It's also trying to eliminate Hamas plus the 'little matter' of fighting for its existence. Why should Israel give a shit what 'Western' wokies think?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2024 9:58 pmI agree that they should have given back the hostages. They should never have taken them in the first place. But retaliation isn't solving anything either. The Islamic countries are just going to keep heaping it back on and Russia and China will probably see supporting them as an opportunity to make friends in oil rich countries and continue supplying them with weaponry they need. What can anyone do except try to break the cycle of violence somehow? And the only thing that will break the cycle is a leap of good will on the part of one side or the other. Should I hold my breath for Iran and Lebanon to be the first ones to back down? The ball is now in Israel's court. They can either keep the cycle going or break the cycle and move toward peace.accelafine wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2024 9:24 pmSo Israel has no right to defend itself? It should just sit there and say 'pretty please give us back our people'? Keyboard warriors in the US and elsewhere just need to stay the fuck out of it. They aren't surrounded by hostile countries hell-bent on their destruction and mass slaughter. Gazans have done this to themselves. All they had to do was give back the hostages. They know that, so what does 'that' tell you? Wokies never mention the hostages or give a shit about them. How 'surprising'.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2024 7:48 pm
Well, if Israel stops retaliating against everyone in the region, then maybe there will be opportunity to negotiate a deal to get the hostages back. How is the present strategy that Netanyahu is using working out with regard to the hostages?
You don't seem to have much awareness of what's going on there. Why don't you just stick with concerning yourself with your own upcoming election?