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Source: http://atimes.com/2015/05/post-script-how-could-the-world-have-gotten-israel-so-wrong/
Hamas Understands the West Better than the West Understands Hamas
(Asia Times-Hong Kong) David P. Goldman - Never in the entire history of warfare has a belligerent done what Hamas did during the Gaza war, namely, maximize civilian casualties on its own side in order to win sympathy. Yet there is a reflex in the West to declare the deaths of civilians "unacceptable" even if it is engineered by Hamas. Hamas understands the West better than the West understands Hamas. The horror over civilian deaths overwhelms the West and prompts a significant body of Western opinion to demand a "solution" where no solution is to be found.