The violence meted out by Hamas was calculated to inspire a rage retaliation from Israel that will trip the West Bank and Hezbollah. As each obscene act of violence is met by another obscene act of violence, the invasion of Gaza will be a self mutilating wound that can only escalate. Image what happens when Hamas start live streaming the torture and murder of hostages? America has moved two carrier strike forces into the area and the escalation from Gaza to the regional proxy war is far closer than we are currently calculating. If that path towards de-escalation is not sought now, the war crimes about to be committed could combine to cause an explosion of violence we can’t recover from.

Source: Stuff October 20, 2023 04:04 UTC