Middle Eastern balance ⚖
I don't post about politics. The right thing to do is usually obvious, and it seems pointless to say this to people who disagree; people whose "obvious" is the opposite of what's obvious to me. Nothing to post about there.
But I have to say something about Gaza. More times than I can remember, there has been conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The usual pattern is that a Palestinian group attacks Israel, killing some people, and the Israeli government makes a disproportionate response, killing n times as many people. Neither side is to be admired, but Israel kills a lot more people.
This time, the pattern repeated. There was a Hamas attack, and hostages were taken. This was brutal and criminal. Israel has killed n times as many people, where n seems a lot bigger than in the past. This is genocidal. On one hand, criminal brutality, and on the other, genocide. Seems clear who's more in the wrong. I said that the thing to do is obvious. It's "stop killing people". But what power do I have over this?
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