Karen, I wrote that the approach taken is the same. The mentality that these people are a such a threat to us that we can dehumanise them and therefore excuse killing them. I get that many people are terrified that Hamas will somehow destroy Israel is Israel doesn't destroy Hamas first, but I still do not get how this is possible when Is…
Karen, I wrote that the approach taken is the same. The mentality that these people are a such a threat to us that we can dehumanise them and therefore excuse killing them. I get that many people are terrified that Hamas will somehow destroy Israel is Israel doesn't destroy Hamas first, but I still do not get how this is possible when Israel has the USA behind it and a nuclear arsenal. Destroying Gaza is only more likely, not less, to get other Arab powers involved, resulting in a much worse situation for Israel. But I guess we'll see...
Karen, I wrote that the approach taken is the same. The mentality that these people are a such a threat to us that we can dehumanise them and therefore excuse killing them. I get that many people are terrified that Hamas will somehow destroy Israel is Israel doesn't destroy Hamas first, but I still do not get how this is possible when Israel has the USA behind it and a nuclear arsenal. Destroying Gaza is only more likely, not less, to get other Arab powers involved, resulting in a much worse situation for Israel. But I guess we'll see...