ext_114905 ([identity profile] mijopo.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2009-01-17 01:22 pm (UTC)

Thank you for posting the commentary (I still wish people would LJ cut YouTube videos, but, hey, I'll compromise.)

I agree that Hamas is a terrorist organization, but it doesn't follow from that that Israel gets to use any means possible to eliminate them. They are still constrained by laws and moral principles constraining warfare, e.g, proportionality, distinction (not harming non-combatants), and not being aggressors (if they were the ones who initially violated the ceasefire). If nations want to put an end to terror, they should not practice it.

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