A slaughter house 5 reading Kurt Vonnegut fan in the IDF (Eylo) now posted on guard duty by Gaza holds a live chat session on reddit. And these are some of the questions he answers: Q.What land, if any, do you believe Israel is entitled to? A. A tough one... I dont believe the Jewish narrative (or any other nations narrative) for birth right. Which raises the question of why did I sign in. Well, I want to protect my loved ones. Q. is the Hamas using human shield narrative true? to what degree? permalinkstorify A.As far as I know it is. They form bases under schools and hospitals. They put launchers in families homes. This is way Israel cant complete the operation with air strikes alone, and says it need to physicly march in to Gaza. Q. Given the rocket attacks are doing very little harm, do you think the IDFs response is appropriate? Hundreds of Palestinians have died at this point, many of them children, vs only 1 (I think) Israeli. A. Not proportional if you look at it from the perspective of this one round of fighting. What we try to achieve is illumination of Hamas. And in war, people die (so it goes). We happens to be the stronger side in an asimetric fight. Q. What is your opinion on the building of settlements in the west bank? Isreal needs to be able to defend itself, but the Palestineans also need room to live. What to you think the best solution is? A. Let me tell you buddy, if I could fight against them settlers, I would. They are driven from the same extreme drive as any other terrorist group. Q. I read that you are doing this to protect your loved ones, is it hard knowing that the other side is doing the same? Have you ever been able to talk to those from the other side? A. It is. And we talk about it a lot in here, the morality. But I can calm myself knowing that we (and by we I mean the likes of me, my loved ones. Not people like extreme settlers) wouldnt hurt a human if it is not needed for protection. Its hard, knowing how many innocents died by my uniform. I guess reading helps... So it goes. Q: Do you read a lot of Kurt Vonnegut by any chance? A: Listen! Biliy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:02:14 +0000
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