Posted on 05/10/2024 5:31:13 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Hamas needs to be understood as a criminal organization with whom negotiations are absurd, and swift action against, is the only reasonable response.
Reuters reports that “Hamas says it will not compromise further with Israel to win Gaza ceasefire.”
It’s just another headline about the heirs of Yassir Arafat; we know better than to take the statement seriously. Hamas will keep talking as long as they can, for obvious reasons.
The people engaged in negotiations, at least, if not their foot-soldiers, are safe while they’re at the negotiating table.
But there’s a different question that ought to be inspired by that quote: Why is any kind of compromise even an issue?
In a normal war, between two legitimate governments, one hopes for negotiations, discussions, compromises, whatever it takes to bring an end to hostilities.
This is not a normal war.
Israel has a legitimate government, and Hamas is a crime gang full of the most brutal of homicidal maniacs. This isn’t so much a war as it is a police action; Israel finally has the political will and the public support to wipe out a powerful criminal gang that has spent 35 years attacking and terrorizing Israeli citizens.
What does Hamas say, every time they return to the table? That they want Israel to stop shooting at them and give them lots of money and resources, which everyone knows Hamas will then use to make more rockets to shoot into Israel.
It’s what Hamas does. It’s what Hamas always does. It’s Hamas’s raison d'être.
Think for a moment about the most horrific crimes you can think of in American history.
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It appears all the hostages remaining are dead or in such a state Hamas will never release them.
ah yes...
hamas and hezbollah must have received assurances from Iran who receives assurances from the “hidden” obama administration (the 13th imam hidden in the well of a distant and once unknown continent?)... that the USA will NOT assist Israel but instead will “side with the muslims {per obama}” as things go sideways worldwide.
Obama sez yes; joebama sez yes; state tells Iran Yes... Iran tells proxies that the dog is back on the chain to resume new and elevated hostilities.
so they are emboldened to spout off.
but Israel (without the usa) has resources undisclosed and in reserve... beyond the so called “samson” options.
some totally unimagined FAFO may be on the way to the middle east.
“So your solution is to reward hostage taking with cash.”
argento y plumo
A far better idea is to post a reward for the hostage takers. Say $1,000,000 cash, dead or alive.
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Hey Israel,
Kill em ALL.
Hamas no longer exists.
There are a few pretenders who can not grasp that fact
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