I don't feel a permanent moral stain as an American because of them. It's extremely difficult to figure out how to defeat fanatics that don't care about the well-being of their civilians.
Israel faces the same problem, though it hasn't been as inflexible in the US. Israel has not…

— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) July 29, 2025

If Israel had taken the US route, it would have just firebombed Gaza from the air without any warnings, and Hamas combatants would have perished along with hundreds of thousands of civilians (and most of the hostages). So, no, 4/

— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) July 29, 2025

If I were all-knowing and all-seeing, I could tell you precisely how Israel should have fought this war with less civilian suffering (NOT fighting, not an option, it would have meant the end of Israel). But I could also point to the US example and show you that in similar /6

— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) July 29, 2025

know how one can be Jewish after Gaza? Why doesn't he ask how he can be American after Dresden, Tokyo, and Hiroshima? /end

— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) July 29, 2025

last October. An additional spin on this from less anti-Israel people is that it's somehow Bibi's fault because he tried to reach a modus vivendi with Hamas by allowing Qatar's "humanitarian aid" into Gaza, which did something to alleviate civilian suffering, but also was an

— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) July 29, 2025

Hamas wouldn't have stopped 10/7 and the resultant war, it might have just left Hamas slightly less well-equipped. The pathological Bibi-blaming is just a way for people to pretend that there was something that could have been done to resolve the situation before the tragic

— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) July 29, 2025

Israel in to have a genocidal enemy on its borders, sworn to its destruction, and undeterred by massive losses to its military nor by mass civilian suffering of the people it governs. /end

— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) July 29, 2025