War is disproportionate. It is not about “you shot two of my guys so I get to shoot two of your guys”. It is about beating your opponent to the point that the rich fuck on the throne decides it is not worth having his peasants fight anymore.
Hamas, the de facto military and government of Gaza, attacked Israel. The IDF, the de jure military and de facto government of Israel are attacking Gaza. That is “war”
Is it genocide? Yes. Have Israel’s government effectively been engaging in a slow genocide of the Palestinian people for decades? Yes
But this is largely no different than the mass bombings of Japan and Germany in WW2. Or any east asian town the US could find in the 50s and 60s. It is just that, for all its OTHER human rights violations, the US was very “white glove” during our subjugation of Iraq and Afghanistan so people forgot what a mass bombing is. Because it is not like anyone cared about all the wars in Africa (brown people) and Eastern Europe.
Do I think this is a horrific human rights abuse and real time genocide? Yes. But, again, that is “war”. And Hamas have mostly just bunkered down and tried to play the PR war (which is somehow working for a terrorist group…).
This ends when Hamas surrenders or the IDF runs out of ammunition. Just like any siege. And if Hamas gave even the slightest shit about the Palestinian people? They would be negotiating to surrender to a third party and get tried in The Hague rather than allowing the IDF to take them alive.
I am advocating for nothing. I am explaining what is happening and that this is how things have happened for hundreds of years.
Well, no, that is a lie. I am advocating for the leaders of Hamas to turn themselves over to the international court so that this war can end. Avoid getting Disappeared by the IDF, but very much remove the “justification” for the IDF to siege Gaza.
War is disproportionate. It is not about “you shot two of my guys so I get to shoot two of your guys”. It is about beating your opponent to the point that the rich fuck on the throne decides it is not worth having his peasants fight anymore.
Hamas, the de facto military and government of Gaza, attacked Israel. The IDF, the de jure military and de facto government of Israel are attacking Gaza. That is “war”
Is it genocide? Yes. Have Israel’s government effectively been engaging in a slow genocide of the Palestinian people for decades? Yes
But this is largely no different than the mass bombings of Japan and Germany in WW2. Or any east asian town the US could find in the 50s and 60s. It is just that, for all its OTHER human rights violations, the US was very “white glove” during our subjugation of Iraq and Afghanistan so people forgot what a mass bombing is. Because it is not like anyone cared about all the wars in Africa (brown people) and Eastern Europe.
Do I think this is a horrific human rights abuse and real time genocide? Yes. But, again, that is “war”. And Hamas have mostly just bunkered down and tried to play the PR war (which is somehow working for a terrorist group…).
This ends when Hamas surrenders or the IDF runs out of ammunition. Just like any siege. And if Hamas gave even the slightest shit about the Palestinian people? They would be negotiating to surrender to a third party and get tried in The Hague rather than allowing the IDF to take them alive.
Stop and think about what you’re advocating here. You’re a piece of shit if you can justify even one civilian death here.
I am advocating for nothing. I am explaining what is happening and that this is how things have happened for hundreds of years.
Well, no, that is a lie. I am advocating for the leaders of Hamas to turn themselves over to the international court so that this war can end. Avoid getting Disappeared by the IDF, but very much remove the “justification” for the IDF to siege Gaza.