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Palestinian Death Toll in Gaza Tops 13,000 as Israel Repeatedly Strikes U.N. Schools Housing Refugees
(www.democracynow.org)
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Propaganda for better solutions that don't involve bombing city blocks because one gang thug had an RPG outside a hospital.
Maybe I am not comfortable with Israel's aim
Maybe I am not comfortable with killing children and teenagers for the sins of a gang of thugs.
Maybe I am not comfortable with killing civilians if it is going to lead to a broader war.
Either way, what really irks me, is that everyone is okay with it. If this happened in any other place in the world, we would be clawing bloody murder, but because it happens in un-wealthy Gaza. I am a propagandist?
Guess it's okay to kill kids so long as they are poor and (possibly) Muslim? What kind of propaganda are you spewing?
@HuddaBudda
@stopthatgirl7 @Annoyed_Crabby @OurTragicUniverse\
i will keep saying this until i am dead.... war is terrible. you don't like it? then don't get in one. when a group locates legitimate targets among civilians and human shields, THAT IS THE WAR CRIME HERE. you deal with that by attacking anyway and demonstrate to the enemy that tactic does not work and will not be tolerated. you want to get mad? then direct the anger where its deserved. at the group which purposely uses their own people as propaganda by using them as human shields and crying about civilian deaths.
the situation is beyond the point of tiptoeing around world opinion and rose-colored glasses wearing people like you. any org that employs the tactics hamas has used should be wiped out. period. i said the same thing about the taliban years ago and i'll say it again.
what you see is what happens in war. civilians die. don't like it? then do whatever you have to in order to avoid it.
And when that doesn't work you do it again
and again
and again
and again
and again
...
Because it's more important to demonstrate that you absolutely will kill innocents who have been put in harm's way in order to show Hamas (and the rest of the world) exactly what your version of justice looks like than it is to try something different.
And we're paying attention, I can promise you that.
@be_excellent_to_each_other
no. its a demonstration that the tactics of terrorists will not be a deterrent. what will paying ransoms to hostage takers get you? more hostages. what will not attacking targets with human shields get you? more human shields. you fucking people don't seem to realize you are justifying and enabling those actions. its not justice. its war. justice would be prosecuting the terrorists. terrorists ARE NOT SOLDIERS. hamas ARE NOT SOLDIERS. people need to get that through their collective heads.
@stopthatgirl7 @Annoyed_Crabby @OurTragicUniverse @HuddaBudda
You know what attacking targets with "human shields" gets you? More dead innocent people. Try not to forget the "human" part of that word.
Edit: Gonna start adding this article to a lot of my replies on this topic. More people should read this and encourage this kind of future. When I figure out what sub it belongs in, I'll post it as a thread there.
https://lifeisasacredtext.substack.com/p/hand-in-hand
@be_excellent_to_each_other
tell that to the organization that is actively using the human shields. then tell the palestinians that it will all stop when they stand up to hamas.
and my edit.
by all means keep your link in mind, never forget it, and shout it at the top of your lungs any time you see a terrorist kill civilians, any time you see a rocket launcher in front of an apartment complex, any time you see a terrorist turn his weapon on a person who is not a uniformed soldier, or does that just apply to empathy for palestinians?
You really do not give 1 shit about children do you? You keep telling people that this is what you get if you start a war. Did the children start that war? No. Then why keep bombing them?
Even if Hitler himself hides under a hospital or school, you do not bomb that place. It really is that simple. The fact that you are a-ok with bombing children speaks volumes about your character.
Surprise me with insights on why you think it is ok to bomb children and please do not involve hamas, terrorists or some form of anti-antisemitism. Keep focused on bombs on the heads of 5 year old, babies and justify that without involving adults that these children have zero control over.
OK thank you for your input, have a nice day!