Comment 28099

By no more hammers (anonymous) | Posted January 09, 2009 at 20:41:01

First Hamas actually originally begain as a charitable organization rather than the militant organization it is today.

A couple of other things people need to keep in mind when discussing this issue:

This is not to armies at war, it is a major military power against a small civillian based militant organization sanction by their own people. So it is a severely unbalanced struggle.

Hamas will never have the power to eliminate Israel so no matter any rhetoric coming from some of them, this is not a reason for military aggression.

The people in Gaza have lived with much misery under the control of the Israeli government who have the ppower to improve things but refuse to do so. Hence geenerations of children are growing up under far too harsh conditions and are being left with little more than anger and frustration to feed them which only radicalizes them as adults and helps perpetuate a militant opposition.

In the end the only true way Israel will "defeat" Hamas is with kindness, not cruelty as has been done since the beginning. Palestinians need a proper place in the world not under the thumb of another and a decent chance to grow and proseper.

This cannot be done with walls, sanctions, and military strikes. It can be done with aid, open borders and equal opportunities with the rest of their neighbours. Hamas or any other militant group would swiftly lose support for their militant side if the people began to gain true freedom and opportunity.



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