Israel’s response has already killed thousands of innocent people. Why is it necessary? Is a mass bombing of residential areas the only response to an attack? In the first night of bombing they leveled entire villages in Palestine. Whole families were killed, who had no connection to Hamas or any militant group.
It’s not only unnecessary, but won’t even work to destroy Hamas. A supporter of Hamas could just as easily say that the brutality of their attack was necessary to destroy the Zionist government of Israel.
Personally I wouldn’t know how to make an argument one way or another. But to draw a modern equivalent, did Russia need to level Mariupol in order to capture it? They’ve been widely condemned for it.
If the allies had held back, we would not have definitively answered the question. Since our forefathers tried despite not knowing if it would work or not, though, we can use the knowledge they purchased for the future.
We should not wish to not have it, though, even though it was very expensive. We know now. That is important. They earned that for us.
Have a look at pictures of Berlin after WW2 sometime.
Civilians are the first and last to suffer in war. That does not mean a war is not justified or necessary.
The Geneva Convention was a direct result of the horrors of WWII.
Yes, and one of the things it deems a war crime is collective punishment.
https://www.reuters.com/world/un-experts-say-israels-strikes-gaza-amount-collective-punishment-2023-10-12/
Yep. I guess it doesn’t count if you don’t recognise a nation as a country though, right? 🫤
Israel’s response has already killed thousands of innocent people. Why is it necessary? Is a mass bombing of residential areas the only response to an attack? In the first night of bombing they leveled entire villages in Palestine. Whole families were killed, who had no connection to Hamas or any militant group.
It is necessary to destroy Hamas, Hamas made it necessary.
It’s not only unnecessary, but won’t even work to destroy Hamas. A supporter of Hamas could just as easily say that the brutality of their attack was necessary to destroy the Zionist government of Israel.
Look how well that worked out in Ireland
Strategic bombing was widely put into question after wwii
The allies should have held back.
Personally I wouldn’t know how to make an argument one way or another. But to draw a modern equivalent, did Russia need to level Mariupol in order to capture it? They’ve been widely condemned for it.
Russia didn’t need to enter the borders of Ukraine at all.
If the allies had held back, we would not have definitively answered the question. Since our forefathers tried despite not knowing if it would work or not, though, we can use the knowledge they purchased for the future.
We should not wish to not have it, though, even though it was very expensive. We know now. That is important. They earned that for us.