I think this support of Israel is decidedly unfair, They have been blockading the Gaza strip for decades now denying the Palestinians access to safe water, electricity, food and medical supplies. Not to mention the uncharged detention of hundreds of young palestinian men.
How are palestinians expected to foster a climate of goodwill in which moderate positions can be adopted under such circumstances? Israelies live in a relatively peaceful and exteremly prosperous society, Palestinians live in an impoverished society where incursions by Israeli forces are commonplace.
I agree.
Granted, there's much I don't understand about the situation, the history of the region, all of it.
But this is what it looks like from here.
I don't understand why the US is involved in this at all.
I don't understand, with all our technology, why things are still
like this, in this day and age.
Nobody wants to die, nobody wants their children to be blown to ribbons in the streets, nobody wants to watch their children slowly starve to death or die of common illnesses for lack of medicine, deprived of basic necessities.
Not even religious ideogogues.
I just don't buy it.
I don't buy the "They hate us for our freedoms" spiel.
I can't believe anyone does.
They are
not willing to sacrifice their children's
lives because they hate freedom. There's got to be more to it.
Why is this happening?
We need to talk, we need immediate diplomatic intervention here.
We need to ensure that everyone has the basic necessities of life, and the opportunity and freedom to pursue their dreams and have the kinds of lives they want.
If anyone is preventing somebody else from having this, we need to find out
why, and rectify the situation.
I don't believe these bombings are a solution.
Okay, now a bunch of innocent palestinian civilians, including many children, are dead.
Do you think that's going to make them
stop?
You think that's going to stop Hamas?
When you kill somebody's children, they've got no
reason to stop.
They've got nothing left to lose, no further reason to live, other than to exact justice on behalf of the dead.
I understand these Israeli attacks were not unprovoked.
But how does escalating the situation to this level resolve anything?