in that case, the same thing from.the other side though. That attack was just retaliation. How long do you continue with an eye for an eye face? Blowback...

The only sane outcomes is to say doing more of the same will lead to worse atrocities and do something different. All this is retaliation is going to do is make it worse.

look at the Iran thing, lot of conservatives say they're worried Iran will build a nuke and sail it into Manhattan.. why are they worried about that ? what is it they've done to Iran over many decades that they think that's a possible retaliatory outcome ?