Hamas is not a just stray gang in Gaza. It’s the (once) elected sovereign. It holds all executive positions and runs anything in Gaza. Any hospital in Gaza is controlled by Hamas.
Regime change alone doesn't work, unless one works on the causes that made the regime emerge. It's one of the very few lessons "the West" learned in Iraq and Afghanistan.
worse than anything ever perpetrated by Nazis and ISIS alike
I quite agree that the Hamas attacks on civilians that took place on October 7 were an atrocity and should be treated as a war crime. But 'worse than the Nazis' hyperbole doesn't help you make that argument. Massacres of civilians are unfortunately ordinary in wars and by no means unique to a particular region or culture.
> Anything other than an unequivocal win over Hamas will be unacceptable and lead to more violence down the line.
Some argue that "unequivocal win over Hamas" should be achieved without wiping out the rest of the population, housing, hospitals, infrastructure, etc
Hamas is not a just stray gang in Gaza. It’s the (once) elected sovereign. It holds all executive positions and runs anything in Gaza. Any hospital in Gaza is controlled by Hamas.
Regime change alone doesn't work, unless one works on the causes that made the regime emerge. It's one of the very few lessons "the West" learned in Iraq and Afghanistan.
worse than anything ever perpetrated by Nazis and ISIS alike
I quite agree that the Hamas attacks on civilians that took place on October 7 were an atrocity and should be treated as a war crime. But 'worse than the Nazis' hyperbole doesn't help you make that argument. Massacres of civilians are unfortunately ordinary in wars and by no means unique to a particular region or culture.