Most of the Palestinian casualties have been adult males

[nadinbrzezinski]

70. Neither do I

Here is the OP I posted yesterday. The only OP I will bother posting, but some good discussion did happen, with quite a bit of the same crap.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025312076

Those kids will be patrolling Rafa when old enough, and bombing cafés sadly.

Part of the problem is that both sides have to stop but you killed my great, great uncle, and sit down and realize it is about those kids and their future.

There are factions on both sides that are coiled in a mutually destructive spiral.

For the record, the logic from the military side is that those young, military age males are, or will be fighters.

Yesterday's school attack, the IDF actually presented evidence (they got smart, not that it will matter and have video) they were returning mortar fire. The mortars were very close to the school. That little tidbit was mentioned in passing, like it really was unimportant, by Richard Engel.

It would matter not one bit to people here though. My husband, a military vet and I, a Red Cross/military vet, were horrified in the morning. Once that tidbit came out, we understand, that school, sadly, was no longer protected under the rules of war. That is an extremely good example of what is going on, and why the Israelis are exasperated at the UN. Not even actual video of taking fire before answering it, is enough.

My view...and it will put IDF troops at even greater risk, and they are already doing some of this. They should enter houses and blow the tunnels. They have already lost troops doing this. Not that this is being reported.

And we did far worst during the Iraq war, far, far worst...I never saw people this angry. So I must conclude some of this is antisemitism. We continue to do far worst with drones.

Hamas had children dig these things. Hundreds died, as tunnels collapsed on them. I never heard a thing here. I guess that is ok. Or the tens of thousands dead in Syria, it is only Arabs. That is the other vibe I get.