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Dr. Doom wrote: Unfortunately, Israel chooses to respond with disproportionate force constantly and engages in collective punishment to "send a message." That is all well and good but it's more a counter-productive political strategy rather than a sound military strategy to force the Palestinians to reject Hamas which was elected into power legitimately. Israel and US would like to force the palestinians to accept a more supine palestinian authority because the only democracy that is allowed is one that can be controlled....until this is accomplished the screws will continue to be turned and it will only make matters worse for everybody... Agree. I think it's very hypocritical for the U.S. and Israel to try and undermine Hamas (however they feel about it) just because they don't agree with them, even though they were elected. I'm sure the U.S. has dealt with more brutal governments that weren't elected by the people, like um Iraq.