04-25-2024, 08:07 PM
(04-25-2024, 07:49 PM)Dill Wrote: I wonder why I keep pointing out that a certain right wing poster continuously attempts to block direct comparison between the war crimes of a "terrorist organization" and those of "the professional military of a democratic nation" by claiming that acknowledging/discussing the truth is "mitigating the actions of a terrorist organization." Many IDF members are apparently much less worried about such "abhorrent" mitigation.
Which "right wing poster" is that? You are correct though, no direct comparison is possible. One organization is predicated and founded on committing war crimes, Hamas, while the other is not, the IDF.
Quote:Your "no-mitigation" rule directly conflicts with the journalistic and legal standards of war reporting in a free society.
No, it does not. Both US and Japanese soldiers committed war crimes during WW2. Only a morally bankrupt apologist for Imperial Japan would dare equate the two as equals in this regard.
Quote:There is a similar debate inside the IDF and Israel at the moment, but it takes a rather different tack. Rather than prevent/stop people from talking about war crimes, the only serious alternative is prevent/stop committing war crimes. Otherwise lose the claim to be "the professional military of a democratic nation."
There's no danger of that except to apologists for Hamas.
Quote:Actually, nothing has been proven about the two mass graves in question, except that some of the dead appear to have been killed with their hands tied.
Indeed, which is why your next sentence is so interesting.
Quote:Why the emotional rush to judgement here? Odd way to call out "propaganda."
Why the "emotional" rush to judgment in the first post about the subject that you've never commented on? Oh yes, because you've not made on post about Hamas in this entire thread. Keep running from your record. It's here for all to see.
