The real problem is that Hamas can be defeated militarily, but only by killing many times more innocent men, women and children to get at them. And even that will not stop another Hamas from starting up again, nor stop further alienating Israel from its neighbours and other countries other than its patron and military sponsor, the US.
The point that general was making and i think it makes a lot more sense then Nethanyahu does, is that destroying/eliminating the troops does not kill the ideology Hamas is not only the terrorist in Gaza or the puppetmasters in Qatar there is a whole political layer in between which stretches all over the world. Ranking from willing participants to useful idiots.
Hamas game to power as hero's trough their wolf in sheepskin chararable actions/organisations but as soon as they got the full power in Gaza they where no better then Isis and joining Hamas in Gaza is more off a means of survival then it is a real choice.
And i have said this before but i will say it again, Hamas does'nt need Isreal to kill innocents civilians, they can very well do that on their own, it's just that if isreal does it it lead to all kinds of people in the west that would be killed just for who there are if they ever entered Gaza chanting pro Hamas Slogans..
The problem with fighting something like Hamas is too the death toll with be high on all sides, Isreali Solders, civilians and Hamas terrorist.
