Hamas has no right to shoot rockets into Israel.

My opponent has trivialized Hamas’ attacks by assuming they have no cause to attack. They have plenty of reason. An attack isn’t randomly decided. They are being oppressed by Israel, and have tried more than once to speak to Israel, but so far it has only been done through a mediator, and direct talks have yet to happen. Hamas needs to be diplomatically diffused, not bombed and beaten into submission. They will simply rise again in a time, when they reunite and rise in numbers. If we didn’t support Israel they would be just another Middle Eastern terror group. They are committing atrocities on Palestine and yet are expecting to have complete civil obedience. They are beating a feral dog. It won’t make Palestine any less vicious. I never supported what Hamas is doing, but to paint one side as good and the other as bad is just plain stupid. Hamas is a reactionary force. They get pelted with missiles and they want to strike back. We did this little thing after 9/11 called the Iraq War that basically followed the same logic. It’s a basic human emotion, or pattern, that derives from a reaction to fear. Hamas has pea shooters compared to Israel, and they have every right to want to strike back. They have lost their lands, their freedoms, their economy, and they get bombed and attacked frequently. How can you say they have no right? They absolutely have a right. Does that make it okay? No, but they still have a right. Can you imagine if a state like Texas got annexed by Mexico (in some fantasy theoretical world)? Imagine a state like Texas under military occupation. The fighting would never stop. There would be fighting for independence until the end of time. Palestine is in that position. The U.S. should be condemning both sides and working to make peace. They should be working out trade and land agreements, not supplying Israel with billions of dollars in aid and military training/weapons. Of course, if you track Israel’s relations with the U.S. you’ll see a direct relation to the weapons manufacturers in the States. They are on a short list of Major non-NATO allies, and they support them whole-heartedly, despite the fact they are terrible allies. They essentially do whatever they want, bombing and attacking, like, say Operation Opera in the 80’s when Israel went off and bombed a Nuclear Reactor in Baghdad, or the 1982 Lebanon War, where the States considered sanctions, but of course, never implanted them. Then of course we ask them not to use cluster bombs on civvies and they do it anyway in Lebanon in 2006. Lebanon then begs for a ceasefire, but Israel and the U.S. don’t allow it. Obama rolls in and makes Palestine-Israel conflict resolution a priority, but naturally, Israel directly crosses Obama and builds 1,600 Jewish homes in East Jerusalem. They ask Israel to look for peace and release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, but Israel just blows off Obama again. Obama calls for pre-1967 borders, Israel blows him off again. No change. They disobey left and right. It’s rampant. They do whatever they want. Despite these relational strains, the U.S. sells Israel weapons like nuclear capable F-35 stealth bombers. In summing that all up, it’s quite obvious we only support Israel because we need a foot in the Middle East and, of course, we make hand over fist in weapons sales. Morality always takes a back seat to cold hard cash. Palestine doesn’t get a drop of any of this support.http://www.huffingtonpost.com...http://www.worldtribune.com...http://www.voanews.com...http://www.washingtonpost.com...http://www.timesonline.co.uk...