Reply #178: Both sides essentially say the same thing [View All]

Side A did something to Side B which necessitates a response from Side B against Side A. The Side A says hey Side B did this to us, now we have to respond against Side B. And on and on and on and on it goes. It doesn't even matter who started it at this point. Innocent people are caught in the middle of the cycle and are either dying or are living in fear of being killed because of it.

My argument is to see beyond the tunnel vision of thinking that one side is victim and the other side the aggressor. Both sides hold legitimate grievances against the other. Both sides are victims and both sides are aggressors.

So every time you ask "What should Israel do? Sit back and do nothing?" well guess what - the same argument is being made on the other side. "What should Hamas do? Sit back and do nothing?"

The problem for me is when either side attempts to argue "yes but my side is justified and the other side isn't." That, in my view, is completely wrong. It's like little children crying well she took my toy so I took hers. Then the other says well he took my toy so I punched him in the nose. Then he says well she punched me in the nose so I pulled her hair. It gets to the point where you just say cut it out - BOTH of you. Instead we have both sides pulling each others hair out screaming about the other side is still doing it. Except in this case we're not talking about pulled hair; rather, it's much more serious. People are being killed because the babies and idiots in power continue with their criminality, all the while giving the same excuse: "what should we do, sit back and do nothing?"