Israel Declares War

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ZNP

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First comes a discussion and an understanding of what has been done/currently is happening. Getting to a solution before agreeing to that would be rather difficult.
How long? This has been going on for 75 years.
 

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We all agree we want as few as possible, so explain to us how you would eliminate the threat while preventing civilian casualties and not having much higher military casualties?
I have, you thought it puts Israeli lives in danger (and it does). Nevertheless, Israel is currently working on a strategy for boots on the ground.

You say "we all agree we want as few as possible [civilian casualties]" but then we all logically know more Palestinian civilians are dying than Hamas terrorists from the airstrikes. That's like a morbidly obese person saying, "I want to lose weight..." as they are eating a buffet of twinkies dipped in maple syrup.
 

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OK, but if the leaders do not respond to an attack that killed 1,000+ they will be removed from office. So what would you suggest they do?
I didn't call for "no action", though, one could make the case that "no action" is better than obliterating thousands of innocent civilians.

I'm not sure how many times I need to tell you. Maybe you just keep asking because you accidentally missed my numerous posts in the past or my earlier post saying boots on the ground is a more discriminate way of targeting Hamas terrorists than indiscriminately bombing them. You've mentioned the risk of the IDF lives, and I conceded it is more dangerous to isolate their targets than just pushing a button and obliterating an entire housing complex.
 

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I have, you thought it puts Israeli lives in danger (and it does). Nevertheless, Israel is currently working on a strategy for boots on the ground.

You say "we all agree we want as few as possible [civilian casualties]" but then we all logically know more Palestinian civilians are dying than Hamas terrorists from the airstrikes. That's like a morbidly obese person saying, "I want to lose weight..." as they are eating a buffet of twinkies dipped in maple syrup.
I think a better analogy would be a morbidly obese person saying "I want to lose weight and eat better..." as they eat a tub of cherry vanilla ice cream with actual real fruit inside of it. Sure, they are eating fruit (targeting Hamas terrorists as they indiscriminately bomb), but you're still eating junk (a tub of ice cream).
 
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heard other people report that since secular Jewish Zionists want a safe state, why doesn't the US just give him one of ours. Kind of a silly expectation and suggestion in my honest opinion.
Revisionist Zionists. Ya gotta remember that. There are many Rabbis who say that it is sinful to seek an Isaeli state until the Messiah is identified.
The mkdern idea of zionism or revisionist zionism comes from a book written by Theodore Hertzle. (I may have just butchered the spelling ofnhis name) any way the book is called ,"The Jewish State". He is called the visionary of zion.
Also on an interesting note there were many options on the table in the late 1800s and early 1900s from Canada to Madagascar. Germans actually began deporting them to where the state of israel is now until British blockades prevented it. Just a little history note.
These Palestinians have been living there for centuries. They don't want to live in an apartheid state. Furthermore, Israel doesn't just let Palestinians come and go as they please between their prisons (Gaza, West Bank, etc...), it needs to be approved first.
Yes during the ottoman empire Judahists and palestinians, and Christians alike lived right there in that region. It was the league of nations and England that fouled it up. They believed that Judaist nationalism was the answer the the issue of them being in europe. Europeans of all regards kind of saw them as a bit of a nuisance for various reasons. Bolshevikism being one of the various reasons. There was a lot of tension between the jacobites and europeans since the Napoleonic Wars, and as always there are two side to every story so we wont necessarily be blaming one side or the other.
 

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I have, you thought it puts Israeli lives in danger (and it does). Nevertheless, Israel is currently working on a strategy for boots on the ground.

You say "we all agree we want as few as possible [civilian casualties]" but then we all logically know more Palestinian civilians are dying than Hamas terrorists from the airstrikes. That's like a morbidly obese person saying, "I want to lose weight..." as they are eating a buffet of twinkies dipped in maple syrup.
No, it is not like that.
 

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I didn't call for "no action", though, one could make the case that "no action" is better than obliterating thousands of innocent civilians.

I'm not sure how many times I need to tell you. Maybe you just keep asking because you accidentally missed my numerous posts in the past or my earlier post saying boots on the ground is a more discriminate way of targeting Hamas terrorists than indiscriminately bombing them. You've mentioned the risk of the IDF lives, and I conceded it is more dangerous to isolate their targets than just pushing a button and obliterating an entire housing complex.
So you would recommend to the leaders of Israel that they go into Gaza with boots on the ground without bombing it first? It would be a killing field, booby trapped with people in high rises shooting down on them, as well as artillery shells while they move freely about in their tunnels. You obviously are not an Army general. No one would do that. You would trade 1,000 innocent civilian lives who refused to evacuate for 10,000 soldiers lives.
 

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No, it is not like that.
Thanks for explaining in detail why it doesn't work.

Would you prefer an analogy of curling two 10 lbs dumbbells of summer sausage while taking a bite out of one with each rep? Take your pick. Either way, it works because it's not a viable option if you genuinely want to lose weight (limit civilian casualties).
 

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I think a better analogy would be a morbidly obese person saying "I want to lose weight and eat better..." as they eat a tub of cherry vanilla ice cream with actual real fruit inside of it. Sure, they are eating fruit (targeting Hamas terrorists as they indiscriminately bomb), but you're still eating junk (a tub of ice cream).
no, it isn't like that because you analogy does not take into account the horrific and demonic attack that killed 1,000+
 

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Thanks for explaining in detail why it doesn't work.

Would you prefer an analogy of curling two 10 lbs dumbbells of summer sausage while taking a bite out of one with each rep? Take your pick. Either way, it works because it's not a viable option if you genuinely want to lose weight (limit civilian casualties).
see post 1671
 

Smoke

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How long do we talk about who is at fault? It is time to discuss solutions.
Why put a deadline of how long to educate ourselves/each other of the history as well as what is currently happening and fruitfully discuss a resolution? The only timeline I can give is rather vague... "Not one second longer than is needed to come to an understanding, take ownership of events, and a resolution."
 

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no, it isn't like that because you analogy does not take into account the horrific and demonic attack that killed 1,000+
The fact that 1000+ Israeli civilians were murdered is irrelevant to the claim that Israel is "not wanting to kill civilians". Try another reason to object to the analogy.
 

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Why put a deadline of how long to educate ourselves/each other of the history as well as what is currently happening and fruitfully discuss a resolution? The only timeline I can give is rather vague... "Not one second longer than is needed to come to an understanding, take ownership of events, and a resolution."
Because tens of thousands are dying in the meantime
 

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The fact that 1000+ Israeli civilians were murdered is irrelevant to the claim that Israel is "not wanting to kill civilians". Try another reason to object to the analogy.
nope
 

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So you would recommend to the leaders of Israel that they go into Gaza with boots on the ground without bombing it first? It would be a killing field, booby trapped with people in high rises shooting down on them, as well as artillery shells while they move freely about in their tunnels. You obviously are not an Army general. No one would do that. You would trade 1,000 innocent civilian lives who refused to evacuate for 10,000 soldiers lives.
Guilty as charged. I remember claiming I wasn't an expert in war and I don't know the best strategies outside of boots on the ground for this nuanced situation in Gaza. It is densely populated and the terrorists are right next to the Palestinians civilians.

Rather than coming up with pointless strategies as if we are generals (you're free to day dream on your own if it entertains you), could we come to an understanding that we shouldn't indiscriminately blow up a bunch of civilians to make it more safe for the IDF to go in with boots on the ground?
 

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Because tens of thousands are dying in the meantime
So you're saying tens of thousands AREN'T going to die if we stop trying to come to a resolution/understanding/taking ownership of events? How so?
 

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Elaborate how and why we need to account for the 1000+ Israeli civilians that were murdered to substantiate a claim that "Israel doesn't want to kill civilians". I'm not seeing it.