To prevent genocide, Hamas must be destroyed

I've read books and seen footage of the Holocaust. I saw and heard what Hamas did to Israeli civilians on Oct. 7. For those clamoring for a cease fire, Hamas committed these atrocities during a cease fire.

How often have we pompously proclaimed "Never Again!' and sat on our butts, channel surfing, while it happened in Rwanda, Sudan, Balkans and other killing fields throughout the world? What did we expect Israelis to do: stand with kippahs in one hand, Torah in the other, offering thoughts and prayers?

The mission of Hamas is to kill Jews and they want Palestinian civilians to die in the crossfire. Hamas hates Jews and values Palestinians only for the propaganda value when they suffer and die.

Those Ivy League preppies who join Hamas in its hue and cry for Jewish blood and the gutless administrators who coddle them need remedial course in everything from Western Civilization 101 to American Constitutional Law.

Anne Treanor

Cedar Rapids