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actually, slims, maybe i should have made this point more forcefully--through the fog of disinformation---i do not think it was intentional, no. when i posted the guardian article this morning, i prefaced it by saying that i thought the israelis had made a mistake--but it's the kind of mistake that's inevitable in this situation. it's just a question of time. the problem is the situation itself.
so no, i don't imagine anyone on the idf do be willing to or intentionally able to shell a school full of refugees.
mistakes happen.
but the fact is that the civilian population of gaza is trapped there. and THAT is a choice that israel made 18 months ago. and THAT is the level at which direct responsibility rebounds back to them.
the individuals of the idf are just as trapped by the idiotic logic of the politics around gaza as anyone else is.
i don't see anywhere in this thread such simplistic views of this situation that'd lead you to think anyone imagines the idf to be composed of sociopaths. they're charged with carrying out the directives of the political leadership of israel. they are responsible--along with hamas---along with the united states--directly--for this. the policies are to blame. period.
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