All Men Are Created Equal

This morning the NYT's published a variety of polls identifying American attitudes regarding the Israel/Hamas war.  The conservative/liberal polarization was, as always, plainly evident.  Yes, pretty much the entire spectrum agreed that the Hamas attack was horrific and barbaric....but, as for blame and response, well, the two sides fundamental identities were clear.  If "all men are created equal", then say the Liberals, we must cherish and protect every life, including that of our enemy.  If "all men are not created equal", then  say the Conservatives, we must protect the righteous from the wicked". My sense is that Liberal is what we wish to be true, but Conservative is, sadly, what is true. As such, I identify Conservative, but with the caveat that....just because "all men are not created equal" and the divergent collective intelligence is more expressed in the Conservative subset, extermination of the wicked is neither rational nor righteous. As applied to the current Gaza situation, my best offering is that Israel should not have relinquished  control in 2006, but should have forced material bounty on the Palestinian population under very tight, Israel dominated political and police control.  Unfortunately there is no choice except to start this again, knowing that it will be another 18 years before the first likely bloom.