Two sides to every story and both are based on perspective which can change the same picture dramatically.
I know precious little about the history of the middle east to include Gaza and Israel. To be perfectly honest I don't care to know and don't intend to do the research to come to an educated opinion. My primary reason is because of my first statement in this post. The second reason is that I'm ok with not having an educated (or not so) opinion on everything. I'm tired of choosing sides constantly and pitting myself against people I don't know. It's exhausting and I no longer have the desire to participate at any depth.
I'm choosing to take the 30,000' view and look no deeper than this. Peaceful people were going about their day as usual and they were violently attacked without warning and subjected to atrocities we might expect from a starving pack of rabid hyenas. A group of people made a conscious decision to commit those atrocities and I'll hold harmless the victims as they respond as they deem appropriate.
If it were me and mine I'd go scorched earth and ask for forgiveness later.
I know precious little about the history of the middle east to include Gaza and Israel. To be perfectly honest I don't care to know and don't intend to do the research to come to an educated opinion. My primary reason is because of my first statement in this post. The second reason is that I'm ok with not having an educated (or not so) opinion on everything. I'm tired of choosing sides constantly and pitting myself against people I don't know. It's exhausting and I no longer have the desire to participate at any depth.
I'm choosing to take the 30,000' view and look no deeper than this. Peaceful people were going about their day as usual and they were violently attacked without warning and subjected to atrocities we might expect from a starving pack of rabid hyenas. A group of people made a conscious decision to commit those atrocities and I'll hold harmless the victims as they respond as they deem appropriate.
If it were me and mine I'd go scorched earth and ask for forgiveness later.