This is Gaza.

[ShazzieB]

23. I'm sure you would agree with me that it would be well-nigh impossible.

I dont think most of us here can imagine how incredibly complex such an operation would be, how many people would die in the process, or whether the results would even come close to being worth the cost.

I've seen so many opinions expressed at DU about this mess in the last couple of days, and a disturbing number of them do not seem to be based on any real understanding of how things got to this point or the history behind all of this.

I don't claim to have a very good understanding of the situation myself. I've been doing some reading to try and fill in some of the holes in my knowledge, but the more I learn, the less I realize I know. The only thing I can say with any degree of confidence is this: if there's anyone here who thinks there's a simple or straitforward solution to any of this, I believe they are quite mistaken.

Sorry to sound so negative, but I feel negative right now. I don't just see any possible outcome that isn't going to involve a tremendous loss of life and an ocean of human suffering on all sides.