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It’s a difficult question. Hamas’ incentives are _not_ aligned with the well being of Palestinian civilians. If we see another terror attack in several years o
by jncfhnb 1y ago
It’s a difficult question. Hamas’ incentives are _not_ aligned with the well being of Palestinian civilians.
If we see another terror attack in several years one may have to question the reason of this line of thinking.
The discourse of this conflict has had a lot of people saying the genocide of Palestinians is bad (true!) but then doing this awkward hand wavey dance of trying to avoid having to confront that Hamas is a violent terrorist cell planted by a foreign government (Iran) rather than a freedom fighting force that cares about the general populace.
- IAmBroom 1y agoYes, it's horrible and complicated, and there is no "good" solution. But I believe that protecting innocents is morally superior to punishing the guilty. Innocent Israelis and Gazans are being freed, along with (probably) some despicable people.
- jncfhnb 1y agoSure. But acting morally may yield strategically and utilitarianily harmful outcomes against bad faith adversaries. Personally I think this was a geopolitical blunder of Israel and western interests. The net outcome is favorable. But it could have been much more favorable. I suspect we’ll see a gradual reconstitution of Iranian based power.