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In reply to the discussion: 53 killed in Bibi's attack on a UN school in Gaza [View all]Beastly Boy
(13,283 posts)smug American who has never seen war or experienced the consequences of paving a road to hell with good intentions.
Stop the bombing and let Hamas kill, rape and torture men and women with impunity? Where does it end?
Stop killing terrorists who call themselves journalists and aid workers? Before you know it, every hostage taker will cary the credentials of a journalist and an aid worker. Or do you think they can be embarrassed into sharing your values?
Open the border crossings to allow food and medical supplies to enter? Consider it done! There are literally tons of supplies on the Gaza side of the border. And it is just sitting there, waiting to be looted. Not by the hungry children, but the criminal gangs, the biggest one of them being Hamas. Palestinians stealing from Palestinians, while the border crossings are open and the food is in. How many open border crossings will it take to stop that?
Rebuild roads, hospitals and schools? Well, thats as noble as one can get. So who is going to do it? Israel? But that would be immediately labeled colonialism and land grab by the same do gooders who preach rebuilding. Hamas? How many billions of dollars of international aid intended for schools, roads and hospitals on tunnels, missile launchers and drones in the past twenty years?
How do you propose to accomplish any of what you are suggesting from the perspective of security and isolation of an American who has never walked a single step in the shoes of a Palestinian, (or an Israeli, for that matter) ?
You must have skipped the part of my post that asked for solutions, not wish lists.