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Al Jazeera denies rumor that hostage was held at employee’s home
(www.timesofisrael.com)
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Nobody is saying Hamas isn't using civilians as human shields, they're just saying that it doesn't justify bombing civilians...
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I'm sure that would have been very easy for the well over 10,000 children who have been killed. Especially the babies.
I have said this multiple times and I will continue to say it- if you have to kill thousands of children in the name of protecting your nation, maybe your nation isn't worth protecting.
Ironically, nearly every major nation in existence has done this at some point in their history. The world is a fucked up place.
Non-ironically, maybe they aren't worth protecting either.
On one hand I can sympathize with that sentiment, on the other hand, I can’t imagine the horrors that would have occurred if the Axis powers had been allowed to conquer the world.
The Axis Powers that were also killing lots of children and thus not worth protecting?
I mean, the Allied powers also firebombed civilian population centers, which was absolutely horrific.
Edit to add sources:
Hamburg -37,000 civilians
Dresden ~25,000 civilians
Tokyo ~100,000 civilians
I'm not sure what that has to do with my point.
Ah, mostly that the Allied forces were fighting to protect their own nations, not just against the Axis powers. In doing so, they also caused death and destruction to innocents.
Again, doesn't change what I said- if you have to kill thousands of children based on the claim that you're protecting your nation- something the Axis powers themselves did- then maybe your nation isn't worth protecting.
My point is that this was something the Allied powers did as well, and they were the only thing that stopped the Axis powers. The scale and intent could be argued, but even though military conflicts are extremely horrific, I don’t always see a viable alternative.
To be clear, I’m also not saying that the specifics of the Israel-Palestine conflict are the same as WWII.
A viable alternative would be a one-world government, but that is the worst thing imaginable to a large number of people.
As a Star Trek fan, I look forward to it.
How many terrorists have to be at the table? Itamar Ben-Gvir is a convicted terrorist. Should the cabinet adjourn every time a Kehanist or two shows up? Or does it require a 5/6 ratio before guilt by association kicks in?
If you have one nazi...
Going along with this thought…
Does the setting matter?
Like if I allow or invite one terrorist to live with me, is that the same as regularly attending a governmental meeting with one?
Hamas isn’t using civilians as human shields. At least, not at scale. Israel and its western co-conspirators manufacture evidence to use to justify the genocide, but none of that evidence is concrete. It’s just intelligence people making baseless claims.
Unless you define "human shields" as "another person within a quarter mile".
Thanks for this, I've kind of stepped away from the news cycle as of recent to focus on school, etc. I genuinely was not aware of this.