There are two pervasive lies that Re circulating in the media that tend to exculpate Israel's response to the horrific attack they suffered.

First, Israel says it is going to war against Hamas. Wars are between nations. Gaza is not a sovereign nation. They have no self determination; don't control their borders; they have no control over their economy. They have no air force, no armored vehicles nor artillery, no standing army or navy. What kind of war can they wage. The IDF will be engaged in a massacre.

The response to the crimes committed by Hamas are being visited on the women and children of Gaza. This brings us to the second lie. Hamas does not govern Gaza or the Palestinians. It is a radical violent splinter group. The PLO is the nominal governing body of the Palestinians, and I don't think that Hamas takes their marching orders from the PLO, a largely impotent organization.

Invading Gaza will almost certainly not eradicate Hamas. The intent, I think, is to cynically get 1 million Palestinians to flee to Egypt, and then finally refuse them right of return under some pretext. There are already 2 million refugees denied right of return abroad.

Israel is certainly a victim of a horrifically violent event, but they have already visited worse upon the Palestinians and yet even more is shortly to follow.

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