Even if Israel does not move in this thing is far from over. True casualties from Israels bombing are probably around 30k. Does anyone here seeing the strikes think its any less. This is one of the densest populated areas in the world. There is no way back to the status quo. Israel will not allow gaza to be rebuilt and infrastructure to support life is destroyed.
IMO the references to hiroshima and nagasaki are not applicable to the situation today. A we have seen in recent conflicts technology becomes a very strong determiner of outcomes. If technology is used to destroy a enemy what is the situation afterwords? To prevail a nation must always remain the leader in not just one technology but all technologies in all environments. A impossible task. Perhaps even more disturbing to me is that IMO is that a society like this is fundamentally contrary to the liberties this country was founded upon that we all enjoy. If technolgy is to be the sword by wich we live or die there is simply no way to ensure sucess in a modern world. Anyone been to Shenzhen lately? They are not exactly feeding pigs there.
Its the dilemma every gangster faces. Sure you can do something terrible to rivals. The quality of life waiting for payback is not so hot.
While the current crisis is less dangerous in the short term then Ukraine as we dont see two nuclear super powers in conflict via proxy in the long term we really need to consider the consequences of devastating use of force to our standard of living. IMO this assesment needs to be based on realistics criteria of the world as it is in the present not the world of the past where USA became the sole nation to posess a destructive technology- for a while.
IMO pursuing this course of action in todays world may well lead to multiple destructive technologies indepedant of each other being created and in hands not necesarily the USAs. Israels possesion of nuclear weapons is a good example of the unpredicability of such situations Netanyahus Likud part had a 10% approval rating recently due to the "judicial refrm" where the Israeli Judicial branch was castrated with power becoming soley executive branch. Thus the safeties of a representative government are removed. Conveniantly the current crisis removes all dissent as the tribal us vs them becomes the dominent operating principle.
IMO humanities sole hope lies in the quite dificult task of getting along. Otherrs have other ideas -transhumanism where humanities basis is hacked. The current crisis we witness is quite contrary to this and there are very few that see that gettiing along benefits all. In the short term use of destructive technologies may appear a solution but in the intermediate to long term as every nation in the world scrambles to develop destructive technologies the inevitable result is a verty high stakes game where there are really no winners. One might hope that this obvious reality would motivate all nations to get along. Not much of a fan of hope. Our species has a long history of might makes right and when it was mano au mano it was a acceptable solution.
Live by the sword die by the sword. Some things change. Some things dont. What is occuring in gaza is genocide. Other words that decribe it are misnomers. two million people being genocided will fundementally change the world we live in even if "humanitarian" interests keep a segment of the the palestinans alive by moving some portions of their population to the USA and Germany for preservation as is the openly discussed plan. gaza is mad max. I find the arguments that mad max can be selectively implemented to be quite naive even if historically accurate.
I have never traveled to either Israel or Palestine. It has been my experience that all cultures have some qualites that are to my taste some that are not. The children of both seem innocent as always. A true expression of god. The women of both seem attractive. Of them all I prefer the USA. Its a function of comfortableness. You cant get away from what you are. Your roots
Genocide seems to me the greatest sin. The blood lust and cruelty in its implementation despicable. The ending of women and children a direct denial of the beauty and order of gods creation. Abomination.
For a long time in my life I activly denied compassion. I suceeded. I thought it was necessary to be tough. But in the end it almost killed me being empty inside. Its like dieing before you are dead. I would never return to that way.