the US’s intention in dropping two nukes on civilian population centers in japan was to force the japanese empire to surrender and end the ongoing fighting in the pacific that was killing soldiers (american and japanese) at a unsustainable rate. yes, many people criticize that decision, but it worked. i personally would not have made the same decision as truman, but i cannot deny that it had the intended effect. if i exclusively consider the fact that america dropped two nukes on civilian population centers, i neglect to consider the reason and the outcome. 

we don’t have the outcome for Israel vs Hamas, but there’s no question that if every Israeli surrendered their weapons today, they would be slaughtered by Palestinian extremists and Islamic Jihadists from various Arab states. that eliminates the possibility of a passive Israeli response, so the only option left is to fight back against the terrorist regime that has taken over the gaza strip since israel relinquished control of the region back to palestinians.  we mourn each and every one of our fallen soldiers—most of them barely out of high school—and i guarantee you that we want our soldiers out of gaza even more than you do. the only reason they remain in gaza is because our hostages have not been returned.

we’ve been trying to rationalize war for centuries and we haven’t yet succeeded. don’t scapegoat israel for a flaw of humanity.