02-13-2024, 03:49 PM
BTW, Bel, this back and forth really does an excellent job of illustrating just how effective this tactic by Hamas is. If I may be presumptuous, I think we're both reasonable people, yet we see this scenario through a completely different lens. In this exact scenario you see a one for for one trade as being the only acceptable outcome/risk. Not preferable, but acceptable. Myself, I would view it this way. There is a plan to free two hostages and it has a high chance of success. The low end for civilian casualties is say, fifteen, with the high end being around a hundred. I'm greenlighting it all day, and for the reasons I gave above. Now if the roles in this conflict were completely reversed (and I know it's not that black and white), I'd have a completely different view of things. At the end of the day you can't sucker punch someone in the face and then complain when they beat your ass. You stared the thing, deal with the consequences. Hence my assigning the blame for civilian casualties to the group willfully exposing them to harm as a deliberate tactic.
Maybe we just can't agree on this, which is fine. But I'll reiterate, the fact that Hamas can win you to their side on this issue (the civilian casualties issue, I know you do not support Hamas in any way), just shows how damn effective it is. Hence it will continue and more civilians will be exposed.
Maybe we just can't agree on this, which is fine. But I'll reiterate, the fact that Hamas can win you to their side on this issue (the civilian casualties issue, I know you do not support Hamas in any way), just shows how damn effective it is. Hence it will continue and more civilians will be exposed.
