I think you missed my point, which is my fault because I was trying to be oblique as i did not want to create a debate down a new rabbit hole. My apologies. But my response was about your point of making death the stakes. i think Hamas did just that to maneuver Israel into such a fight. I believe they were successful in their strategy and were counting on the street, Egypt/Jordan and the gulf states, and their fellow travelers in the west to pressure Israel into withdrawing in defeat. It didn't work, I thought it would, and now death are the stakes and they are in the game. Whatever your opinion of the morality of that.
What miscalculation?
They won.
Most of their war goals via USA achieved.
Sure most of them died, but that was for a cause they believed worth dying for, and they’re mostly victorious.
AND it’s unlikely the US Military will be enforcing the will and whims of the Democratic Party.
I think you missed my point, which is my fault because I was trying to be oblique as i did not want to create a debate down a new rabbit hole. My apologies. But my response was about your point of making death the stakes. i think Hamas did just that to maneuver Israel into such a fight. I believe they were successful in their strategy and were counting on the street, Egypt/Jordan and the gulf states, and their fellow travelers in the west to pressure Israel into withdrawing in defeat. It didn't work, I thought it would, and now death are the stakes and they are in the game. Whatever your opinion of the morality of that.