In the wake of a “brilliant operation,” we’re merely informed that the good guys laid another bomb on the bad guys. Our guys crack a beer, share some videos, and quote out-of-context Bible passages to celebrate another scumbag biting the dust. This puts an almost insurmountable onus on those seeking to validate the legitimacy of a modern battlefield (or clandestine “special”) operation.
Part of the problem is articulated quite well in your own comment:
"When you have a deranged neighbor who has killed your pets, poisoned your fields, slandered your name in town, screamed at you in public, made outrageously heinous accusations... you determine they are nuts. But no cop wants to deal with this individual. They give you some song and dance, they send you to some mediator to attempt a "resolution". Yet the crazy person is still living next door. Still plotting against you so that you hate to leave your house. You can no longer enjoy your home. Finally in desperation, you plan to move. Give up your dream because living next to this crazy person is untenable."
For many years I ascribed the madman in this scenario to be "those terrorists," or "fanatical muslims." As I've studied the issue in greater depth I've come to recognize that secular Zionists (going back as far as WWI) generally and Netanyahu specifically fit the bill as the crazy neighbor as well. Dennis Prager and Ben Shapiro and other Israeli apologists like to paint the picture as a simple issue of one side (Palestinians/Muslims) wanting the the other side (Israelis) dead. But that's not the case, and if we study the history we'll see it never has been. We in the west have been indoctrinated by popular conservative narratives about Israel and the U.S. as always being the good guys who can do no wrong, but that's not always the case either, as thousands of villagers in Vietnam and Syria and in a dozen other places can attest.
Before we can begin seeking solutions we need to start taking unbiased accounting of what's really happening and honestly recognize that the madmen (and there are plenty in the Muslim world) are all around us. There is a reason why a Zionists killed Itzhak Rabin. There is a reason why the Camp David Accords have maintained peace between Israel and Egypt. And there is a reason why the military industrial complex and Zelensky (and I'll bet Netanyahu) want Trump dead. Remember, Netanyahu said 9/11 was a good thing before backpeddling on it. Now they want the U.S. in a war with Iran and the FBI, DHS, and every bad actor in western intelligence is screaming about ISIS and Iranian terrorists, and Hezbollah cells, etc. and completely glossing over the fact that they've been lying to us about everything for three (or more) generations.
Netanyahu funded Hamas. He did, that's not a conspiracy theory its a fact. He wanted Hamas to challenge the PLO on the West Bank and keep them divided and fighting. There is so much more to all of this that I could write books about it and others have.
The terrible truth about war is that it must be conducted up close and personal, with troops on the ground looking their enemies in the face. But that's messy, and dangerous and doesn't serve the greater purpose of Israel in this instance, which isn't peace but rather conquest via ethnic cleansing.
The only solution is opening up every land to allow people to minster about Jesus. But Israel doesn't allow that either. In fact they've killed 11,000 Christians in Gaza this year. Why?
Part of the problem is articulated quite well in your own comment:
"When you have a deranged neighbor who has killed your pets, poisoned your fields, slandered your name in town, screamed at you in public, made outrageously heinous accusations... you determine they are nuts. But no cop wants to deal with this individual. They give you some song and dance, they send you to some mediator to attempt a "resolution". Yet the crazy person is still living next door. Still plotting against you so that you hate to leave your house. You can no longer enjoy your home. Finally in desperation, you plan to move. Give up your dream because living next to this crazy person is untenable."
For many years I ascribed the madman in this scenario to be "those terrorists," or "fanatical muslims." As I've studied the issue in greater depth I've come to recognize that secular Zionists (going back as far as WWI) generally and Netanyahu specifically fit the bill as the crazy neighbor as well. Dennis Prager and Ben Shapiro and other Israeli apologists like to paint the picture as a simple issue of one side (Palestinians/Muslims) wanting the the other side (Israelis) dead. But that's not the case, and if we study the history we'll see it never has been. We in the west have been indoctrinated by popular conservative narratives about Israel and the U.S. as always being the good guys who can do no wrong, but that's not always the case either, as thousands of villagers in Vietnam and Syria and in a dozen other places can attest.
Before we can begin seeking solutions we need to start taking unbiased accounting of what's really happening and honestly recognize that the madmen (and there are plenty in the Muslim world) are all around us. There is a reason why a Zionists killed Itzhak Rabin. There is a reason why the Camp David Accords have maintained peace between Israel and Egypt. And there is a reason why the military industrial complex and Zelensky (and I'll bet Netanyahu) want Trump dead. Remember, Netanyahu said 9/11 was a good thing before backpeddling on it. Now they want the U.S. in a war with Iran and the FBI, DHS, and every bad actor in western intelligence is screaming about ISIS and Iranian terrorists, and Hezbollah cells, etc. and completely glossing over the fact that they've been lying to us about everything for three (or more) generations.
Netanyahu funded Hamas. He did, that's not a conspiracy theory its a fact. He wanted Hamas to challenge the PLO on the West Bank and keep them divided and fighting. There is so much more to all of this that I could write books about it and others have.
The terrible truth about war is that it must be conducted up close and personal, with troops on the ground looking their enemies in the face. But that's messy, and dangerous and doesn't serve the greater purpose of Israel in this instance, which isn't peace but rather conquest via ethnic cleansing.
The only solution is opening up every land to allow people to minster about Jesus. But Israel doesn't allow that either. In fact they've killed 11,000 Christians in Gaza this year. Why?