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Re:US asks Qatar to 'turn down the volume' of Al Jazeera new... by whatshisface on Saturday October 28, 2023 @03:00PM (#38052447)
The organization of the gunmen has created a situation where military victory comes at incalculable moral cost. Probably intentionally. It is a deep personal test to see which outcome one thinks means "letting them win."

Personally I do not believe it is conscionable to drop a bomb on a bank where the staff is being held hostage even if it would probably hit the robbers.

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Re:US asks Qatar to 'turn down the volume' of Al Jazeera new... by id00 on Saturday October 28, 2023 @05:06PM (#38053380)
There is a reason why most of governments don't negotiate with terrorists. Nothing good even came from other tactics in the long term.
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Re:US asks Qatar to 'turn down the volume' of Al Jazeera new... by whatshisface on Saturday October 28, 2023 @06:31PM (#38053999)
There's a huge difference between not rewarding hostage takers with ransom and killing the hostages to kill the ransomers.
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Re:US asks Qatar to 'turn down the volume' of Al Jazeera new... by id00 on Saturday October 28, 2023 @07:25PM (#38054438)
Agree, and I don't think Israel has a goal to kill hostages but to eleminate Hamas no matter the cost
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Re:US asks Qatar to 'turn down the volume' of Al Jazeera new... by whatshisface on Saturday October 28, 2023 @08:11PM (#38054694)
Sure, but if that comes at the cost of the hostages they're killing the hostages to kill the ransomers.
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