Yes. Yes, I think you're probably right. I have long believed that some of these terrorist groups actually support the killing of fellow Arabs, precisely because it fuels their ideology. Look at how many people are killed by their fellow citizens in Iraq, for example. They create scenarios where the "enemy" (be it Israel, the U.S., non-Muslims, etc.) kills or appears to kill their own people, and then reap the benefits in terms of new recruits, increased hatred, etc. Hezbollah has long used the Lebanese as a human shield, and various Palestinian factions used their own as a shield during the Infantida.
So why does the Israeli govt. ignore that and just play that game with a terrorist organisation? Not only playing that game, but playing it ten times harder, they are punishing the wrong peoples. It's bad for everyone in this region, i mean for every civillians.
"L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers"
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
So why does the Israeli govt. ignore that and just play that game with a terrorist organisation? Not only playing that game, but playing it ten times harder, they are punishing the wrong peoples. It's bad for everyone in this region, i mean for every civillians.
I know, it doesn't make tons of sense. I mean, there are times when I believe that the IDF must take appropriate action. But this Lebanon thing is an example where they are simply making a terrible mistake. Lebenese who had more or less nothing to do with Hezbollah and their ideology of hatred are going to hate Israel now, because they lost family members. What should Israel do differently, I guess is the question. Some kind of balance has to be struck between fighting terrorism while minimizing civilian casualties. If that means letting militants get away but leaving civilians alive, you know what, I'd do it. It would suck ass in some ways, and I'd worry about more Israelis dying later. But the alternative to is make new enemies while bolstering terrorist ideology, not to mention staining one's own morality by killing civilians.
Where is Mossad? Are they hunting Hezbollah as we speak, or are the Isrealis just using brute force in a case where surgical precision would work? Maybe I am naive, I am not a military commander.
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So why does the Israeli govt. ignore that and just play that game with a terrorist organisation? Not only playing that game, but playing it ten times harder, they are punishing the wrong peoples. It's bad for everyone in this region, i mean for every civillians.
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I know, it doesn't make tons of sense. I mean, there are times when I believe that the IDF must take appropriate action. But this Lebanon thing is an example where they are simply making a terrible mistake. Lebenese who had more or less nothing to do with Hezbollah and their ideology of hatred are going to hate Israel now, because they lost family members. What should Israel do differently, I guess is the question. Some kind of balance has to be struck between fighting terrorism while minimizing civilian casualties. If that means letting militants get away but leaving civilians alive, you know what, I'd do it. It would suck ass in some ways, and I'd worry about more Israelis dying later. But the alternative to is make new enemies while bolstering terrorist ideology, not to mention staining one's own morality by killing civilians.
Where is Mossad? Are they hunting Hezbollah as we speak, or are the Isrealis just using brute force in a case where surgical precision would work? Maybe I am naive, I am not a military commander.