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Israeli strikes flatten buildings, mosques in Gaza
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You're reading into an analogy as if it needs to illustrate the complex geopolitical history of an entire part of the world, rather than describe the emotional right-now of "just one" war.
Step one in achieving piece, is to forgive. The hard part is doing so right when the other guy is ready to do it, too. And then you have to keep doing it, every day, until you don't remember any of the evil stuff they did to you, and they don't remember any of the evil stuff you did to them. You also can't then go back to doing evil to the other guy, like displacing them from their homes.
Both sides are guilty of failing to forgive, and of doing plenty of evil for the other to remember, pushing peace farther and farther out of reach. The second you decide that the only way out is for the other guy to cease to exist, you're the bad guy. And it seems to me, both sides in this particular conflict, at least the people in charge, feel this way.
And yes, the way you get to that point is with the logic of a child. Responding to a punch with a harder one, failing to recognize that the obvious response will simply be another, harder, punch.
If you really want to take issue with analogy comparison then the real problem is the original was fucking stupid. This isn't punching. This is life and death. And the terrorists in Gaza are choosing death. What should Israel's response be, in your opinion? Palestinian governments have consistently walked away from peace talks. Hamas has consistently used human shields. Used hospitals and mosques as bases for rocket launches. What do you think is a proper response?
Perhaps Israel should unilaterally define the borders, ask the world to recognize them, and hope that the group that has the destruction of Israel in it's platform will accept that and stop attacking Israeli civilians?
Analogies, by definition, can't describe things down to every detail. Like your stable adult and drunkard analogy, which should probably also mention that the "stable" adult engages in physical beatings when the drunkard becomes too much for them. But a drunkard relative needs therapy, not a beating.
That you think my speaking about the matter using analogies means I don't know or care about the details, is your assumption. One which I made an attempt to let you backtrack from, but here you are, still shoving your idea of what you think my opinion is, at me. Asking me hard questions as if I ever claimed to have answers.