timeOday (582209)"The side most to blame is the side quickest to escalate the existing cycle of violence."
Would we react any different if Hamas (TERRORISTS) were striking our country from land that we GAVE them in hopes of peace? Imagine after that gesture those same people you GAVE land to fire rockets or allow others to fire rockets INDISCRIMINANTLY into YOUR COUNTRY? I can tell you after a little while I would get fed up and go FIX the problem through force, the only thing people in that region understand.
timeOday (582209) "Americans must start taking responsibility for what our bombs are doing over there."
We don't like to see it on the news but there are civilian casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our military is the BEST and most technologically advanced in the world and we still have civilian casualties form time to time.
timeOday (582209) "only one side has the (US-supplied) means to accomplish this."
If anyone remembers we were GIVING weaponry and supplies to Fatah, a Known Terrorist Organization, and when they were crushed by Hamas (TERRORISTS) take a wild guess as to who seized, and are now using, all that American made military hardware. Last I checked we SELL Israel their equipment. We GAVE Hamas (TERRORISTS) weapons by supplying their rival.
EgoWumpus (638704) "Israel should stop killing recklessly. 550 Palestinian deaths to 5 Israeli deaths is so lopsided that it has to be stopped."
BTW all that numbers game crap plays right into Hamas (TERRORIST'S) hand to get you to believe they are the victim of the "Evil Zionist Empire". There is a point at which you can make this argument but I don't know if 550 deaths is that point. This is especially true knowing that it is a FACT Hamas (TERRORISTS) has been known to used Human Shields.
All I am saying is Hamas (TERRORISTS) wants civilian casualties to try and get the "world" on their side. Let Israel do what it needs to do to protects its people and if you have a problem with that then remember what we did after we were attacked by terrorist.