I thought the article was quite neutral, more of an explanation of US/Israeli psychology vs. the psychology of Europe. The author criticizes neither perspective.
I, of course, take the historical perspective of the Americans: If you start a war with us, we will finish it, & you, too, with every weapon at our disposal.
What Europeans refuse to believe is that there is a right & a wrong, however obvious it may be. How quickly they have forgotten the truth of WWII. It is right that Israel exists in peace & security. It is wrong that Palestinians have vowed to kill all Jews & destroy Israel. Everything else is incidental to this truth.
I'll say it again for those who missed it: Israel should completely destroy Gaza, & drive the so-called Palestinians into Egypt & Jordan, permanently. No negotiations, no cease fire, no consideration of casualties. Same for the West Bank.
The idea of taking potshots at each other for decades is absurd.
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