Well, just maybe we could have offered aid, once there was a cease fire. Rather than throwing gasoline on a fire by promising Israel everything, including an aircraft carrier presence.
Yes, Hamas attacked Israelis. So, now Isreal is justified in a blitzkrieg in Gaza, until everything is pounded to dust?
One would have hoped that the United States could provide stability, and begin peace talks. Rather than stoking the region with more weapons. How is this going end?
Promise I’m not being a jerk.
So what would you suggest? How do we handle the escalating terrorist situation? Terrorism affects us all. Do we sit in silence and let them take over region by region like Russia is trying to do with Ukraine? Do you want to live under terrorist rule someday and be oppressed and have to live in an open prison like the innocent Palestinian people are living ? Do you want your children or grandchildren to live with the everyday fear that America (or whatever country you reside) will be attacked one day? The Terrorists hate us too, you know. We are SO spoiled here, well most of us, because we don’t live with the constant fear of being attacked, slaughtered in our homes, killed for no reason but hate. Can you imagine living with constant fear and insecurity for your safety?
I laid in bed last night and tried my hardest to image what it’s like to even have a safe room built in my house, a place to go if a terrorist came barging in, a safe room like most Israel’s have in their homes. I got up to get a drink of water and looked out into my wide open backyard through my bathroom window and wondered where I’d run, where I’d hide if the terrorists came knocking on my door. It chilled me to the bone thinking about it - yet the people in Israel are living this nightmare everyday - and many thousands have died, but not before being utterly and brutally tortured.
I feel empathy too for the innocent Palestinians who just want peace and to raise their family with abundant food on their table. Again - with the feeling of safety and security.
If what I read is correct, these terrorists were apparently home grown in Palestine. They are not sympathetic to the Palestinians. They have not improved their life, they have made it worse.
War is ugly. I hate weapons, I hate war. I hate that innocent people have to die. I hate that solders have to die. I despise it all. I would change it if I could. But if we don’t help out our friends and allies- we too could be living in fear, and worse.
How do you reason and have peace talks with unreasonable people? How?
National security has many definitions. But for me - it’s freedom, it’s living in peace, living without fear my house will be bombed, the city I live in, my country, or that someone wants to hurt me because I don’t share their faith.
National security is so very critical and important. I think sometimes we take it for granted.