But you're back to the bully in the schoolyard argument. How long do you turn the other cheek before being forced to do something. Unlike in the bully analogy, there isn't a way, during a military response, to completely eliminate collatoral damage. How many slaps in the face should Israel endure before responding? One rocket? Six? 100? It's become pretty clear during the last year that when there are not rockets being launched, Isreal does not initiate a military response in Gaza.
As a governing body, Hamas now has the responsibility to cease rocket launches, or they invite a warlike response. This is why I support the 2-state solution. Once boundaries are set, things can function. As long as Hamas sees themselves as freedom fighters rather than governors, they will not change, and Israel's current actions won't do anything other than slow them down a little.
Hamas has to decide it it wants to be a legitimate government or an insurrection. It can't be both without getting exactly what comes now.
