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Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper
What do you think they should do? Carry on being wiped out in silence?
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This is a really tough question because I'm looking at it as a realist/pragmatist: their options are not "be wiped out in silence" vs "do something about it" ... and if the options are "Be wiped out" vs "Murder some random kids and tourists first, then still be wiped out, probably faster than ever" I'm going to have to say that yes the former is preferable.
If I thought they could make a difference to their situation my answer might be different. If they could target military or political targets my answer might be different. But that's not what has happened. They've killed innocent people, and achieved absolutely nothing in the process other than a swifter and more explosive demise.
The impulse to take action is one thing but the details of the actions that have actually been taken are another entirely ... again just not justifiable, not in any world.
There's no disagreement on the political principles at play - I'm certainly not a Zionist, I don't think Israel should have happened... it was at best short sighted and at worst knowingly and defiantly disastrous, and I'm of the belief that it was done 90% for strategic reasons and not because of ancestral lands of religious significance.