Israel bombing shit..
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"The question is, if military retaliation doesn't make Hamas stop and simply provides them with a PR victory, why do it in the first place?"because they have no alternative. israelis are definitely aware how this looks to most of the world and how difficult it is to defend these images. if they could operate without producing spectacular casualties, they would. at least out of pure self interest they would.
while israel can ignore a relatively small amount of regular rocket attacks, like they did in the last 6 months, at some point the frequency gets so high, like 2-3 weeks ago when hamas stepped up the attacks that israel's hand is forced.
first, they have to act because public demands it, your voters put up pressure to do something about the rocket terror. you can't expect israeli citizens to endure this forever when israel has the means to strike back and enforce a couple of months of calm ('cutting the grass', 'lowing the mawn').
secondly, israel has at some point to respond to the challenge of hamas, simply to avoid looking undetermined and weak. especially with how fanatic the whole region is against israel, and how israeli concessions (gaza withdrawal, golan withdrawal, self-administration, etc.) were interpreted by its enemys in the past, you are forced to demonstrate your determination at some point, out of self-preservation. strategically. not doing it would be an encouragement, the old 'israel must win every war, because they can loose only one war'.
so in short, at some point it becomes less costly politically to pick up the fight that hamas, than the cost of the bad press and the international pressure.
- *to pick up fight that hamas wantsimagineallthepeople
- isn't there the alternative of stopping the expansion and giving them control back of their land?Gnash