It’s strange; in some of your posts (like that one, for example), you sound like you’re rooting for Hamas, and really hoping and praying that Israel treats them with kid gloves.
There are two things going on here with a post. The first would be to defend Israel in what it does, as it is unjustly hammered in the media with a lot of false accusations. And in connection with that, a significant number of people who think they are actually helping Israel are actually making it easier for that false propaganda to be spread.
The second thing that is going on — is by way of an explanation of what is happening and why Israel is doing something. For example in this case, tuthere were quite a few people on Free Republic in the last day who actually thought Israel was striking back for the teens’ death, when what was going on was a completely different matter. Part of “explaining” why Israel is doing something is to make sure that one actually “knows” what Israel is doing. In this case many people did not
Now ... furthermore, the fact that this is “very routine” for Israel, in no way means it’s something that is a cakewalk for Hamas. Many times Israel will be killing a few Hamas operatives as they attempt to launch a rocket. It’s absolutely deadly business for Hamas, and many of their facilities get bombed out. But they’ve also learned to hunker down and away from their facilities.
And lastly, these discussions that Israel is having (Netanyahu and his Cabinet) you can bet they’re discussing the dangers of escalating things too far and then they’ll end up having a major mobilization on their hands when they don’t want it. And on top of that, if Tel Aviv is hit, then you’re going to be talking about some Jewish deaths and things will really get out of hand. There is a good article in Haarerz about that very thing, too, today. I was going to post it later.
These are all important considerations and it helps for people to really understand how Israel operates.