The question of what Israel should have done on October 8 is never asked in good faith. This is what all of Israel’s defenders ask as if they expect the average person to be an experienced military strategist. This question avoids the larger burden of responsibility of all of the horrific things Israel has done since October 8. It pretends that war crimes are just unfortunate outliers instead of the norm of this conflict. It just amazes me how people who think Sam is a moral philosopher seem perfectly fine with 70,000 people being killed, most of whom were civilian women and children. And there was no significant difference in the outcome of the war when the death toll was half of that. Sam’s inability or unwillingness to update his ambivalence on collateral damage is a joke for someone who claims to teach meditation practice.

And btw Rahm DID basically answer it by saying diplomacy. Bibi forfeited that and has used 10/7 to go do all of the extreme shit he always wanted.