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I know there are certain things you are not supposed to say, let alone
think, but if blogs are good for anything, they are a good place to air the
unsayable and unthinkable. Much bloviation about Hamas concerns the fact that
it targets civilians, a fact that apparently puts it beyond the pale. Some have
pointed out that it hardly lies in the mouths of Israel or the United States
to complain about the targeting of civilians. Israel has targeted far more civilians
than Hamas, and the United States is the current undisputed world champion in
targeting civilians. Hypocrisy is the playground of the powerful.
There is a big relevant difference between Israel and the United States, on
the one hand, and Hamas, on the other. Hamas is fighting a war of national liberation
against an illegal and immoral occupation. Israel and the United States are
each involved on the other side, the side of the oppressive occupiers. Hamas
has limited resources to resist the oppression, while Israel and the United
States have unlimited resources to oppress. No one is allowed to mention it,
but Hamas possibly - I would say probably - has a right under international
law to target civilians if that is the only weapon it has to resist the occupation.
International law is mostly how the international community reacts. There are
and have been many respected world leaders, including many from Israel (although
it is highly debatable whether the creation of Israel was a war of national
liberation), who spent their younger days targeting, and killing, civilians
(e. g., Menachem Begin). As long as you win the war of liberation, the international
community seems completely accepting of the concept of targeting civilians.
Of course, we're not supposed to mention this, as it doesn't sound very nice.
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