I agree that that is an objective, but it should still be rebuked.

My point, primarily, was that this shows all the signs of a major intelligence failure, and the implementation of a very successful strategy by Hamas, (after being armed with American weapons from Afghanistan) than any sort of genuine false flag attack. Operation Northwoods is actually a good example for my point, since it was rejected for being totally insane. There is no reason to kill 10,000 people in a nationwide bombing campaign. Especially when you contrast that with the USS Maine, which were simply spun by the press to push for a war.