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Originally Posted by KylePavao
You cannot let terrorists have any victory. Period. These scumbags use their own civilian areas as launching points for rockets, and expect to not be shelled because they hide among civilians. Thats bull****, and I really don't feel bad for the "civilians" that were accidentally killed. They shouldn't harbor terrorists in their towns. IMO, if "civilians" are allowing terrorists to operate in their neighborhoods, they are no better than the terrorists who perpetrate these acts. All these fanatics speak of honor and fighting for Allah, yet they use their own people to shield them from those they attack. If they want to be honorable, quit being cowards and shooting rockets at civilians and sleeping troops, and come out and fight the Israeli army face to face. Oh wait, the few times they did this (Six Day and Yom Kippur War) they were soundly defeated despite having vastly superior numbers of soldiers and equipment. I am completely tired of seeing terrorists kill civilians and kidnap and dismember POW's, while we worry about "Civilian Casualties" I suppose we need to be better than our enemies, but the Israeli response is completely warranted IMO. Where's General Sherman when we need him?
"My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom. " . . . William T. Sherman
"War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it" Sherman to the leadership of Atlanta, prior to Burning the City.
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Terrorism is a tactic. The Palestinians have used it for decades because as you point out, they are hopelessly overmatched in a 'fair' fight. At the same time they are unwilling to stop fighting, because they believe their situation is unfair in and of itself.
Part of the goal of these Palestinian fighters is to create civillian casualties. In
PR terms it has worked for them! Look at the attitude people around the world have toward Israel. A lot of this stems from the way Israel has responded to previous attacks on their own civilians. What you see as terrorism, many people (Europeans and Arabs especially) see as the inevitable result of a marginalized population growing up in a hopeless environment. Part of the reason people are willing to blow themselves up is because they see no hope in their future.
As for civilians letting terrorists operate in their neighborhoods, you, too might be persuaded to let that happen if someone was waving a Kalishnikov in your face.
I think the Israeli/Palestinian situation is extremely complex. There are no easy solutions and there's plenty of blood on all hands involved.