You generally come across as a decent guy but that is a seriously stupid comment.
We all have to get on. When you win a fight you can keep your victim crushed so he hates you forever or try to intelligently put him back together. This is what happened in Europe when there would have been a very strong argument to crush Germany completely. One problem with post WW1 politics is that they hammered Germany too hard allowing the Nazis to ultimately gain leverage.
You keep saying that it's a fight to survive but you fail to address what caused this in the first place. If I came along, smashed the shit out of you, moved into your house and made you live in a hut at the bottom of what used to be your garden, wtf would you think of me? I'd either have to kill you completely (and then all your friends and extended family will hate me forever) or say "Sorry AJ, this isn't ideal but I had to do it. Here's some nice new houses, money and education for you and your kids. One day we can put this behind us".
If you want to think about proportionate response, some Americans were killed by Ukrainians funded by Russia. The Israeli way would be to blast Russia (if they could bully it). Thankfully Americans are much smarter.
Palestinians themselves are the offspring of Jerusalem invaders. Nobody stole any land, Merchants purchased Israel. Israel was once barren and the Jews made the desert bloom, drained swamps, cleared water channels, reclaimed wasteland, forested bare hills, cleared rocks, and removed salt from the soil and created a prosperous democratic society.
And how on earth can you believe Palestinians are fighting back, every ARAB state surrounding Israel has declared was on israel at one point or another. And every time they get their arses kicked. Palestinians are like the schoolyard bully who picks fights constantly and regualrly gets their arses kicked because their too dumb to fight within their weight limit. Palestine has made no secret of it's deep seated hatred for the Jew and it's desire to commit genocide against the race. Don't get sucked into the Muslim propaganda, Palestinians are a lying, immoral, moronic and pathetic people who deserve everything they get and more.
The Palestinians and Muslims in general remind me of a spoilt child, whose parents always indulge his every desire. If the child doesn't get his own way he terrorisies, provokes and harrases his parents until they give in. Such a child believes he has the right to provoke and annoy even a sleeping lion, pulling it's tail and pulling it's mane. And when the powerful lion finally has enough and mauls the child, the child then wants the parents to kill the lion. Supporters of HAMAS and Palestine are like the parents of such a spoiled child.
