Why is it that western advocates try and play down a massacre yet Hamas gleefully play it up? They meant to start a war and the best way to do it was to be as brutal as possible. All that I stated happened - only the degrees are in question. They wanted a war and now they got one. Except no countries are coming to their aid and Gaza is turning into a carpark. Unfortunately it's the innocent civilians (albeit many of them want Israel destroyed) that are caught in the crossfire.