After several days of air bombardment, the Israeli army invaded Gaza with the mission to destroy terrorism. The goal set for the invasion was deliberately scaled down to lower expectation just incase the mission failed to achieve the total annihilation of Hamas. That's a clever way to conceal the lack of supreme confidence in a military venture.
Without equivocation, the invasion of Gaza by Israel is a terrible mistake. The military action is just a recycling of past foolishness. This action has resulted in extensive destruction of property and the mass murder of hundreds of innocent civilians who are trapped like animals in a cage.
The incursion into Gaza has done nothing but generate sympathy for Hamas and the Palestinians. The sympathetic reaction by people of the world is only a natural response to what is perceived to be a blatant disregard for human life by the Israeli government. Regardless of political differences between Israel and Hamas, such an act of atrocity is not accepted as a standard of human behavior in this modern era.
Wordtodawise was struck by a question raised by a concerned Blogger titled " Gaza: Shock, awe and brutality" This blogger asked the question, "If you were the PM of Israel what would you do?" After careful deliberation, here is the response of Wordtodawise to that simple question.
As the Prime minister of Israel WTDW would remember the history of the holocaust that chronicled the mass imprisonment and brutal killings of helpless Jews by a psychopathic leader..
WTDW would remember the reasons given by the Germans to justify the ruthless extermination of the Jews in concentration camps and gas chambers.
WTDW would remember the confiscation of Jewish property and the vandalization of Jewish businesses. WTDW would remember the dehumanization of the Jewish people with arm bans and animal-like brandings.
WTDW would imagine how the Jews felt about their persecutions, wondering why the German people did nothing to stop the carnage by their government.
WTDW would remember how the Germans where finally defeated and how the mass murderers where brought to justice to avenge the death of innocent Jews, men, women and children.
After pondering the dark and evil past, WTDW would reflect upon today’s reality and ask these important questions. Is today’s Israel yesterdays Germany?
Have Israeli leaders past and present acted like Hitler?
Are suffering Palestinians equivalent to the Jews of the holocaust horror?
Is Palestine the equivalent of the concentration camps?
Are Israeli soldiers the same as the SS?
Are Israelis passive about the cruelty of their government towards helpless Palestinians?
Will Israel survive as a state in the end?
As Gaza burns and hundreds die and suffer, where is the humanity? Good lord, the horror.
Wordtodawise