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Kasz216 on 04 April 2011
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Mr Khan said:
Kasz216 said:

Scottie... that's because your viewpoint IS silly.

He didn't try and portray it that way... it just comes off that way because it's silly.

It's like the case of that giant dude who was being bullied who powerbombed the kid.

 

The kid was hitting him, and being a little runt sure it hurt less then the punishment the big kid would reply with...

but the big kid has the right to respond.


It's a simple matter of "Why the fuck are you provoking the big kid."

 

Heck, Israel shows amazing restraint for gods sake.  I mean as far as I can tell rockets fire on a weekly basis and they only respond when they are higher in number and/or kill someone.

 

I mean, how would you respond if Indonesia started firing rockets at you on a weekly basis?  Then when you struck back people harassed you for striking back.

 

(Indoneisa is the country Australians illogically think is going to invade them right?)

Despite the vast disparity of technological capability, Indonesia has more people on the one island than Australia has on the whole continent, and then when you start to do the math... (though Indonesia's fairly secular and peaceful nowadays, or as much so as a country of its status can be)

But why provoke the big kid? That's war. Hamas doesn't use terrorist tactics For The Evulz, it's just asymmetric warfare. Which isn't to say i condone what they're doing at all, but Hamas is of the opinion that Israel's existence is non-negotiable (and given Israel's refusal to really bargain with Fatah no matter how many times Fatah doubles down, Hamas may be right in their own twisted way), and obviously they can't fight the military force that could tear Syria and Egypt to shreds conventionally, so you fight asymmetrically: terrorism

And if they didn't fight, what would they get? Probably the same thing as the West Bankers get "You little bitches better shut up and let the settlers walk all over you, or you'll be sorry."

No, Hamas uses terrorism in an attempt to win over the Palestinian government and set itself in charge.

What would they get if they didn't fight?   A nation.

Hamas is the number 1 issue preventing a peaceful solution, and as everyday passes things only get stronger in Israels court.

There will never be as good of a deal as existed in the camp David Accords... and things are only getting worse. (WAY worse if you believe the leaked peace talk documents.)

 

Hamas is provoking the big kid, because he knows if the big kid beats up him and his buddies, his buddies will rely on him more. (The buddies being the other palestinians.)

It's a pure calculated political move.  If you offered Hamas the ability to negotiate, sell out the West bank and set up their own nation so long as they put off attack Israel, i bet they'd do so in a heart beat.