Israel/Hamas War Superthread

[Dill]

(05-22-2024, 06:51 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Oh my, you opened with a spicy zinger.
Seeing as how Israel isn't doing that either I'm not sure what point you think you're making.  Anyways, going into depths on the myriad, and significant flaws of these countries, currently, isn't really the point.

Israel is not holding five millions people under military control in the West Bank and Gaza Strip--none of whom are Israeli citizens?
ALL of whom are subject to detention without trial for months and years, not to mention collective punishment?

The occupation is invisible to most Americans, but you've at least been exposed to that history via a number of my posts. So whence the denial?

(05-22-2024, 06:51 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: If they don't take that into account then you're right, Israel has cause to be worried because they're not going to get a fair shake.
You know exactly what I mean, but I appreciate the smarmy pedantry.  Maximizing civilian casualties to get the exact response form the West is exactly what Hamas wanted to achieve here, and why they make such efforts to maximize civilian casualties.  You, and others like you, really justified their faith in you.  

Demanding bias in favor of Israel up front while asserting they won't get a "fair shake" otherwise sounds a bit inconsistent.

What the international community should pay attention to is the quality of the investigation and the results--i.e. "smarmy pedantry."

Let go the IDF propaganda; allow the investigation to determine whether it is Israel, Hamas or both who are "maximizing civilian casualties."  

Back to "globalization"--why should that be resisted? How does that figure into accountability for war crimes in Gaza?