People seem to have gone stupid.
First they put Joe Biden in the White House and destroy an almost complete peace initiative in the Middle East. Then they incite the Muslim Americans to demonstrate anti-semetism over conflict that has nothing to do with them as Americans. Further, they allow taxpayer money to fund the groups that committed all of this, and continue to sponsor universities with that ‘recycled’ money.
Hamas invaded Israel to rape, murder, and kill, even children were targeted. They took some hostages, most were Israeli but not all, and all of them were tortured. They were never going to release all the hostages. They probably gave up control to splinter groups so early that they couldn’t. Nope, you have to be stupid to believe you could ‘negotiate’ your way out of this.
The best response was swift retaliation. So severe that the world would gasp, and the Iranians ability to recruit would diminish. Pagers, cell phones, wallkie talkie bombs, are all now acceptable after the UN had its workers participate in war crimes on Oct 7th. There are no longer rules of war, they have been torn down by the actions of the UN (UNRWA) and HAMAS as well as Hezbolla. Let the victor of this conflict relay the story and prosecute the guilty, as has been the way with war forever.
Inevitably, Israel will need to defeat Iran to win. Buckle up everyone, it should get interesting from here. Everyone could have picked peace.
“...you have to be stupid to believe you could ‘negotiate’ your way out of this.”
Tamir Farto fits that bill and then some.