CNN’s Wolf Blitzer seemed at a lost of words at the justification being used to bomb a refugee camp in Gaza.

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Everyone knows that if a terrorist takes a hostage, you murder the hostage and their entire family!

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an eye for a large number of eyes, a tooth for a huge number of teeth. isn’t that what God commanded?

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Its worth understanding that if there is no hope of rescuing or releasing the hostage, all you are doing is giving them time to regroup. This is why, particularly in the 70s and 80s, many countries (famously the US) took a “we don’t negotiate with terrorists” stance. It was determined that the terrorist groups had no intention of ever releasing the hostages and your option was to attack immediately or wait, watch a few hostages get executed, and attack a fortified position.

But, under those circumstances, you have troops on the ground seeking out the hostages. And the IDF have no signs of having done this so…

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But, under those circumstances, you have troops on the ground seeking out the hostages. And the IDF have no signs of having done this so…

They’re going into Gaza now, lots of footage of IDF and Hamas soldiers fighting in in north Gaza has been released, just saw some on the news.

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Which is weeks after they started bombing Gaza “back to the stone age”

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Get the fuck out here with the “don’t negotiate with terrorists” shit. Had Israel not negotiated with terrorists then they wouldn’t have exchanged 1000 Hamas fighters, including the current head of Hamas in Gaza, sitting 4x life-long, for a single IDF soldier.

That shit only works if it’s doctrine and you don’t ever the fuck blink. Which is the right way to go about things, but also not what Israel did, especially Likud governments: Instead they’ve been sappy and emotional about it, milking it for votes.


Also right now the families of hostages are the #1 critics of Netanyahu’s government.

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Get the fuck out here with the “don’t negotiate with terrorists” shit. Had Israel not negotiated with terrorists then they wouldn’t have exchanged 1000 Hamas fighters, including the current head of Hamas in Gaza, sitting 4x life-long, for a single IDF soldier.

Clearly it was a bad idea to deviate from Hannibal Doctrine in hindsight. I suspect this value was in mind when Hamas kidnapped all those civilians.

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They’re literally saying “you still not be forgotten” while bombing the shit out of Gaza even though most are still alive and some have been released. They’re nothing more than a casus belli. Israel doesn’t give a shit.

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I think the sheer size of this attack proves they give a shit, but they aren’t willing to sacrifice more people by going in without air support.

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It’s the Israeli way!

Human shield? SHOOT THROUGH IT. WE KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE.

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Human shield, checkmate atheist.

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“Shoot the hostage” worked for Keanu.

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Also worked for Keyser Soze.

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I mean wasn’t there a die hard where he shot himself to get the bad guy after the exit wound?

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