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Source: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/morning-glory-what-masters-air-teaches-israel-war
The People Who Start Wars Bear the Blame, Not the People Who Finish Them
(Fox News) Hugh Hewitt - In World War II, the people of the United States did not worry about the devastation of civilian neighborhoods in Berlin brought about by Allied bombers or hardships visited upon "innocent Germans." Millions of Germans were killed or injured because of the war begun by Hitler, and the same is true of Japanese civilians killed by the Allied bombings of the Japanese home islands: the rulers of Imperial Japan brought that upon themselves. Now intense pressure is being brought to bear on the Israel Defense Forces to limit their offensive as a result of "reports" of casualties in Gaza put out by Hamas. We cannot believe the Hamas numbers. What we do know is that Israel has no choice but to prosecute the war in Gaza until Hamas is destroyed, it's senior leadership dead or fled, and a semblance of security returned to the people of Israel. For 17 years, Israel pursued a policy of co-existence with the terror organization that controlled Gaza, with Israeli government after government counting on the evolution of Hamas into a governing authoritarian regime but not one devoted to massacring Jews. Now we know that Hamas is a death cult. If allowed to remain in Gaza in any significant size and with its underground fortress intact, it will be a matter of time until Hamas unleashes another wave of horrific barbarism. Israel must absolutely enter and subdue all of Rafah, must absolutely destroy the underground fortress, and must re-take the Philadelphi Corridor between Gaza and Egypt to prevent smuggling the mind-boggling amount of weaponry that Hamas amassed in Gaza since Israel withdrew from the Strip in 2005. The war in Gaza must be won by Israel and the only reason there is a war at all is because of Hamas. Only the end of Hamas in Gaza - which means a ground operation in Rafah - will bring peace to that devastated region.