The Terrible Miscalculation of Hamas
And the failure of Netanyahu’s hate
Now what? That’s the question nagging me right now as I watch the endless news coverage and outrage over the Hamas insane terrorist action in Israel and watching Israel opt for what can only be called furious revenge.
Revenge is justifiable, except it is not. This seems to be the stalemate right now in the Middle East, where revenge is a traditional right going back millennia. The problem with Israel’s revenge and it is terrible, is what happens after the dust clears and the blood is washed away?
There was a scary concept during the Cold War called brainwashing, a kind of comprehensive hypnosis by Soviet Russia designed to reprogram people’s brains, until they can do unthinkable things.
Hamas has been brainwashing young men in Palestine and the Middle East to the point where it appears the entire terrorist organization is brainwashed into unthinking hate for Jews. We just saw the products of that hate, but what exactly did it accomplish?
Just more of the same on both sides. Netanyahu built his reputation as a purveyor of hate and mistrust, not because he is a patriot, but because it gave him a political power base. That’s my cynical opinion, but it has been his playbook for years.
