I’ve never claimed to have served but my father served in the 101st Airborne Division if that counts for anything. What would I do if I was Israel? Well I admit they are in a very tough situation. It’s almost impossible to totally eliminate Hamas without Israel suffering unacceptable casualties. But it’s clear Netanyahu was intending to clear out Gaza completely and send the Arabs elsewhere, but as you can see that’s unlikely to happen now. Even the US won’t support that.
Israel is a tiny country in the midst of hostile neighbors they will have to deal with. Now they’ve created a humanitarian crisis turning much of the world against them. While they are a powerful country they can’t afford to alienate everyone thinking the US will rescue them. That’s just not going to happen. Personally I think Israel has PTSD from Oct 7 and is just going for broke if Netanyahu gets his way. This is dangerous thinking on their part. The US doesn’t have anywhere near sufficient forces in place to protect them and the majority of Americans aren’t interested in another war. I just see this whole thing developing into a catastrophe.
Your father served. Bye.