• Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    “There could be infrastructure there, there could be tunnels there.”

    Translation:

    We killed them all just in case one of them was an asshole. What if we’re actually totally justified in bombing a refugee camp? We certainly don’t know for sure that we weren’t. Now that all of those innocent children are dead we’re checking under their corpses to see if there’s anything we can use to make ourselves seem like the good guy here.

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      1 year ago

      That s such a cynical admission but also very stupid. In order to kill 1 terrorist, you just created 300. Very smart.

      By the same logic btw, a dozen nukes would be enough to ensure that no terrorists survive, until the cockroaches invent molotov cocktails

      • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        in order to kill one terrorist you just created 300

        If your goal is peaceful coexistence then this is a bad strategy, yes. If your goal is peaceful expansion and the annihilation of your neighbors then every terrorist you create also serves as an excuse for you to carpet bomb a neighborhood

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        1 year ago

        It’s not just about Palestinian terrorists. It’s about us.

        I’ve been on the “can people stop being assholes to Palestinians” team for many years - but this recent hamas attack was disgusting - they’ve always been disgusting but this was recent. I still supported Palestinians - but even I took a step back and was like, uhhhhh

        Israel’s response has been worse. As a result, we’re all back to fully supporting Palestine. For as long as Israel is seen as the victim, they’ll have the world’s support; but if they start killing hundreds of innocents to get one person - like, did they give this any thought at all?