Gaza

[Sean]

While it certainly seems that everyone's more than willing to pig-pile on Israel here, let's not lose sight of some of the reality that led to this conflict.

First, let me clearly state that I personally feel the breadth of Israel's current military action is over the top and counter-productive. But in a three day span alone before the attack was begun, it was even reported on Al Jazeera that there were 30-some-odd rockets fired randomly into Israel from Gaza. The 6 month truce ended, and the rocket attacks ramped up. I say "ramped up", because they never stopped to begin with.

And of course Hamas blames these rocket attacks on Israel because of the blockades Israel has imposed. And Israel puts the blame for the blockades on Hamas, and Hamas blames etc etc etc.

So while I definitely don't agree with the scope of Israel's current attacks, I simply can't jump on board with those of you who appear to be placing practically full responsibility on Israel for this conflict. If missiles were constantly dropping randomly in my neighborhood, I'd want to see some action taken to stop it too.