Israel bombing shit..
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"I have a hard time believing that number would be so large if people were seeing the death."hm, I believe they are much more aware of the consequences of war, than you give them credit for.
everyone went through mandatory military service, years of it. they are more militarized than any other western state. I guess that if you've served, especially in a real conflict, you know how ugly that is. and how you wouldn't wish that on anybody.
they also must have a good memory of israeli shredded children from the 2nd intifada suicide attacks. their own carnage, 700 dead civilians. that's like 40,000 in US population. they also live with rockets as constant reminders of the war, not always as many as now, but the rockets were always there since they moved out of gaza.
so I don't think they are gung-ho because of bad or biased reporting in israeli media, but because they feel genuinely threatened and feel they have to defend themselves.