The Biden Admin is doing everything it can to prevent Israel from accomplishing its task to wipe out Hamas. All in the name of protecting “innocent” Palestinian citizens. Well are those citizens really so innocent, since they freely elected Hamas to be their government?
One might argue that not all Palestinians voted for Hamas.
QUESTION: DID ANY OF THEM DO ANYTHING TO PREVENT HAMAS FROM MURDERING JEWS? It seems not. So it can be said they are complicit in the murder of jews, even though they had no part in it. Even Biden has said, “Silence is complicity”.
There are those who claim that by retaliating, Israel is a war criminal. That will not be determined until it is over. And if any such judgment of that is to occur, it must be within the same context as WWII in which Winston ChurchHill destroyed the French Navy after it had been acquired by Nazi Germany, killing hundreds of “innocent” French sailors. Is ChurchHill to be rendered a war criminal? I think not.
Certainly, those protesting and demonstrating on behalf of Palestinians DO BEAR RESPONSIBILTY FOR THE MURDER OF JEWS AND SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AS SUCH. But what about the silent Palestinian? Are they to be considered the same?
Unfortunately in war, it becomes a numbers game and the non-involved do become the victims of war. How many lives of non-combatants do you spare vs how many of your own do you spare. This becomes the over riding answer in war. Its called “colateral damage”, ie, unintended consequences.
Perhaps we need to ask ourselves
“WHAT IS THE PRICE OF OUR NON INVOLVEMENT?” Do we want to become the unspoken victims of war, as in the movie SHENANDOAH, or a combatant?
What ever the answer, we should be sure there is in fact a war going on before making a choice. And to answer that question, all we need do is ask ourselves, “Am I safe walking down the street alone at night in my country?”
BOTTOM LINE IS
TO CLAIM NON INVOLVEMENT IS TO ACCEPT ANY CONSEQUENCES.
For those who do become involved, the overriding objective should be winning the peace, not just the war itself. There is no glory in war. But winning the peace does not mean you surrender your principles. Nor does it mean surrendering or betraying your country as Biden has done.