Comment by bigstrat2003

Ok, the big problem in this whole thing is assymetrical nature of the thing. The Israelli military is a military funded and shaped by the US one, and it’s a mammoth in all the ways that matter.

Hamas, after years of being supressed, is a group of militants with handguns.

The Isrealli response to those terrorist with guns killing and abducting some of their people, was to flatten and impose collective punishment on the whole country that those people came from.

I have no issues with them defending themselves, but I do with the disproportionate nature of what has been happening.

It’s especially ironic because the jews are one of the few people in the world that should have learned that lesson.

> Personally I feel that there are no heroes and everyone sucks in this situation, except for the innocent bystanders on both sides who are being caught in the crossfire.

Wow, what a daring and brave opinion. I'm in awe that you're willing to share it publically!

Like, a bunch of my local social media bubble has been talking about "media literacy" and "illiteracy" and related concepts and this is a great example.

If, for example, someone is telling you that a publically terrible act of violence by someone associated with palestine is probably a response to previous israeli actions, they are not, in fact, secretly trying to imply that the terrorist is a hero.

They're simply trying to explain the likely consequences of actions.

One of the things that I find most frustrating in certain types of discussions is the idea that we can't do something that will improve the lives of large numbers of people on the off chance that a bad person won't get punished or someone undeserving will be rewarded.

It's entirely probable that the solution that improves the lives of the most people in that region will also involve quite a few awful people not getting punished.