Ed Morrissey:
Should Israel call off the war due to starvation in Gaza? Or should they defeat an enemy who started the war with mass atrocities, and who continues to insist that they will persist in attempting a genocide in Israel?
A few decades ago, Europe had a much different idea about how to deal with genocidal regimes that decided to start wars of annihilation. Back then, the free French and the Brits demanded nothing less than total victory and capitulation against the Nazis and Japan, and the complete destruction of their regimes and ideologies.
And:
If France and the UK recognize a Palestinian state in Gaza under Hamas control, then Israel will have no choice but to fully destroy it, just as France and Britain did to the Nazis and the US did with the bushido cult that controlled Imperial Japan. They cannot afford to wait while Hamas forms a recognized terror army and rebuilds for an even more devastating invasion of Israel than the one that took place on October 7.
If the Gazans want an end to war, they need to take care of business with Hamas themselves. They elected Hamas to rule Gaza, and they celebrated the start of the war of annihilation in October 2023. They have the same choice that Germany and Japan did in 1945: capitulate or face complete destruction. That is the only way to end genocidal regimes and remove any incentives for their rebirth.
# posted by Ranger @ 6:17 PM
