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Originally Posted by Pierre
I don’t like the use of this word, proportionate.
What’s proportionate. What in your opinion would be a “proportionate” response from Israel?
Should they have gone into Gaza and abducted the exact same number of Men, Women, Children, babies and OAPs that Hamas killed? Brought them into Israel and beheaded the exact same number of babies? Tortured the exact number of Children in front their parents? Raped the exact number of women, murdered in cold blood the exact number of people.
That would be a proportionate response, wouldn’t it? In the truest sense of the word.
Whatever Israel’s response, it will never be a proportionate response to what happened……or are just boiling it down to pure numbers game?
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Well no, you’ve just described war crimes.
A proportionate response - I’m sure we’d actually agree on - is one that ruthlessly slaughters Hamas (and any entities assisting) while minimising civilian casualties. One that reduces its capabilities to strike Israel. It’s a balancing act that could be debated almost endlessly.
But this ain’t it.