With the fighting in Israel/Gaza going on I couldn’t leave my 2 cents out of the mix. First the prefix.. I have absolutely no alleagance, nor religious affiliation, nor emotional attachment to either side. That said, I firmly believe in a country’s right to defend itself against external aggression.

It just pisses me how every US news outlet cries foul over ‘disproportionate’ amount of force exerted by Israel on Hamas and obviously the civilian casualties failing to give any attribution to root causes of the conflict, namely the fact that only two months prior Hamas began indiscriminately firing salvos of up to 800 rockets on a daily basis at Isreal civilian targets! Although I have greatest sympathy for innocent lives lost on both sides, there’s not a chance in hell any self respecting nation wouldn’t fight back. And for the numerous countries sitting on the sidelines of the conflict to throw out blank demands for a cease fire is foolish, ironic, and short sighted at best.

From recent history, every time Hamas was given the option of cease fire they abused it to replenish their arsenals of weapons and build greater capabilities to strike at Israel.  In my view, the principal party responsible for the civilian casualties is exactly Hamas who elect to shoot rockets from behind the civilian shield.

Maybe this is a Russian speaking in me but sometimes the only inevitable solution to ages long crisis is complete annihilation of the enemy despite all odds. And since for as long as radical Islam will dominate rogue regions of this planet, the humanity should brace for continued conflict despite of the best wishes of peacemakers and hippies. In short, the world will not see the end of fighting in that region until either participating power ceases to exist.