The Hardest Thing About War: Accepting the Hard Truths-AFNN

The Hardest Thing About War: Accepting the Hard Truths-AFNN -  John F. Di Leo

"...Wherever Israel knows there’s a terrorist tunnel, they now know there might be a hostage as well.
Israel must therefore fear destroying the very tunnels they know they need to destroy, because of the likelihood of collateral damage – the accidental killing of her own innocent people as part of the firefight.
Those of us who don’t understand war at all will play into the terrorists’ hands, and demand restraint and delay. 

Those of us who have some understanding of war know the opposite – that delay only helps the enemy, and we must toughen up and admit the hard truth:

• That there is no reason to believe these 230 people are still alive.

We know Hamas kept a few alive at least, so that they could release them and tantalize us with the prospect of more releases...