A door for redemption should always remain opened... at least this is how we used to do things in the west.

Coming to a right conclussion should be praised, even with this context.

"ended your reserve duty right there".

Spoken like a true keyboard warrior. He says he won't go back (probably at great personal risk to him and his family) to whistleblow what he's seen.

If you think that's how things work, you might want to avoid reading into what the US military has been doing for the last hundred years or so.

They should be allowed to atone for their sins if they truly regret their deeds.

As maddening as this is, imagine the ENORMOUS propaganda and social pressure that these soldiers are fighting against. They’ve been told countless times that they’re defending both their religion and their homeland (and, by extension, their friends and family). For most of us, those are some of our biggest drivers. Honestly, I’m not sure that I would have the strength to maintain free will under those circumstances. We all like to think we’re incorruptible, but we’re not.

Judging from the outside is easy. Actually living through it is something else.

You fucking deserve all the nightmares and all the PTSD you'll get from this.

You realise hate is bad, so you go around hating people. You're the problem.

Just for a little perspective: people with your exact mindset exist in Israeli leadership who are responsible for Haniyeh getting murdered instead of continuing negotiations. Never forgive, never forget, an eye for an eye until everyone is blind.