matt on Nostr: One of the few legitimate functions of government is to defend it's people from ...

One of the few legitimate functions of government is to defend it's people from attack. To that end, it is a government's duty to attack and destroy without mercy until full surrender. No deals, no compromises. Surrender or annihilation. That's the deal.

The people who don't have the stomach for that are the reason we see decades long wars with far more deaths. In fact, Israel has been too delicate, which has caused more deaths.

War should be swift and brutal. So much so that future threats think twice before fucking around and finding out again. THAT is the point of a state. Hamas has went on for too long, and the people of Palestine have allowed it for years.

I don't want it to be this way, but I'm not going to blame anyone other than Hamas and those who enable them. They can end this and choose not to. That's on them.

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Killing 30,000 people including 10,000 children in 5 months isn’t self defense.