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Originally Posted by B-Line
Sure, bomb the living shit out of them till they realize that supporting Hamas is only going to lead to further death, pain, anguish, etc.
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You are not serious, are you? Bombing people has the exact opposite result. If we have learned a single thing from history, it is that people rally around their leadership when they are attacked, regardless of the reasons for the attack. People
never realize that the policies of their leaders may have provoked the attack.
Even unpopular leaders like George W. Bush and Joseph Stalin achieved 90+% approval ratings after their countries were attacked.
Put yourself in their shoes. If an the American president's policies caused great harm to people somewhere in the world (I say this as if it was a hypothetical question), and then that country attacked us in our homeland and caused someone in your family to be killed, who would you blame?
In fact, a better question is this:
What sort of attack would on the United States would it take for you, as an America citizen to "realize that supporting" our government "is only going to lead to further death, pain, anguish, etc."? What if they dropped a thousand bombs on your city? Would that convince you? Or would such attacks simply cause you to get more angry at those who were attacking you? What if they even told you that the reason for the attacks was the leadership you elected? Would that convince you?
My guess is that no amount of violence would cause you to blame our own leaders. Am I wrong?
People in different parts of the world may have different customs and religions, but we are all wired the same way when it comes to things like loyalty and patriotism. And unfortunately, the majority of us blindly follow our leaders. I don't know if that is ever going to change, and I greatly doubt that Israel is going to change this. If they are to achieve their desired result, they need a different strategy. This one will only make the problem worse.
But if you disagree with me, I would be glad to place a wager with anyone that this time next year, if there are no rockets being fired into Israel from Gaza, it will be because of some negotiated treaty between Hamas and Israel, and not because Israel has scared Hamas and the people in Gaza into submission with their attacks.