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In reply to the discussion: Hamas 'could not have anticipated' Israel's response to October 7, official says [View all]Beastly Boy
(9,540 posts)The brutality of the original attack on Israeli civilians or the cynical disregard for the lives of their own civilians? And I am not sure what you meant by realizing whatever you expected Netanyahu to realize withhis totally indiscriminate use of force. As far as I am aware, the IDF use of force was discriminate, while the use of force was not, so I am not sure what you mean.
Arguing the proportionality of Israel's response is way above my pay scale, especially considering who among the belligerents is ultimately responsible for the dead and starving children, so I am bowing out of that debate. The same goes for the "open air prison" nonsense, which is nothing but an oveused hyperbole. I don't see any merit in agreeing or disagreeing with a hyperbole.
Also, I hope you don't consider the response to Hamas invasion itself indiscriminate. That was the most legitimate of any causes to use retaliatory force in retaliation.
If, on the other hand, you mean that force was used indiscriminately in the course of this war by IDF, I must disagree with it as well. You may argue that it was excessive, but not indiscriminate. It was Hamas that indiscriminately distributed their military assets among civilians. Actually, this was a very discriminating decision on the part of Hamas to maximize civilian casualties. Hamas leaders said so themselves. I have yet to see evidence of IDF targeting areas absent of legitimate Hamas military assets.
As far as "the world", it appears that some things are more acceptable to it than others, so it is understandable why Netanyahu may be counting on "the world" being inconsistent in its judgements.