• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Nope. No you don’t get to go down that road. We dealt with that uncertainty in Iraq without causing a massive famine or using 2,000 pound bombs. There are no excuses for genocide, and certainly not victim blaming.

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      9 months ago

      It sounds like you’re saying if Jihadists use ambulances and children then there’s no defense. Just lay down and die.

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        9 months ago

        Sounds like you’re trying to lump every person in Gaza in with Hamas. Professional soldiers have procedures for those situations. Ones Israel isn’t using.

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          9 months ago

          I’m not.

          I’m very clearly saying that when you’re fighting a group who straps bombs to kids, you have to consider that even those appearing to be regular civilians might be a threat.

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            9 months ago

            Oh but you are. Because we’ve done this. We know how to deal with those problems without committing a genocide. The only reason to answer charges of genocide with , “but the kids might have weapons!” Is to blame the victims.