I completely agree. I don't know how Israel can defend itself from Hamas without civilian casualties but it is wrong to say they shouldn't try to minimize the harm to civilians.
If Butler was simply saying "Israel shouldn't even
try to minimize civilian casualties" that would be bad enough, but wouldn't have caught my eye.
He was saying that committing war crimes was the right and proper way to win the war and it is Hamas's fault.
He can pretend now that it isn't what he meant, but that's what caught my eye.
Like I said, I responded to that because I didn't expect it from him. I thought he hadn't gone that far down the pipeline yet.
(There are others here who are spouting appalling nonsense on both sides which I am not surprised by and see little reason to comment on.)