Originally Posted by
Gofer Blue
As you know I wrote that and I stick by what I said, although it has been misinterpreted to suggest that I meant Hamas are directly responsible for the slaughter of Palestinian children. Obviously that is not the case – as far as I know Hamas have not gone around blowing up houses in Gaza. They are 100% responsible in the sense that the massacre last October triggered the events that followed.
As I wrote previously Hamas were either stupid or deliberate when they launched that attack and I would opt for the latter. Every man and his brother knows that Israel is not a nation to “turn the other cheek” and if attacked will hit back twice as hard – witness the current reaction to the missile strike on the football pitch in the north. I'm pretty sure they needed very little excuse to turn their sights on Hezbollah inside Lebanon – witness the interview with frightened Israelis who live near the Lebanon border as they know that war could be coming to them any time soon. Likewise the people living on the other side of the border are probably anticipating Gaza Mk.2 especially if Hezbollah are embedded amongst the population as Hamas are in Gaza. That doesn't make the Israeli response justifiable, just inevitable of course.
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