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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
Perhaps one of you can explain to me the value of these statistics.
Is there a percentage where I can feel ok with the casualties? The percentage on the Israeli side is much more military than civilian, but why don't I feel good about that?
And if the point is that Hamas would lie about the percentages, then we already knew that. The IDF lies about operations and outcomes as well. The US lies about terrorists being present at the weddings it bombs. All these "official" mouthpieces lie. Nobody here has the moral high ground, and for those with limited empathy these are just distractions from the bigger picture.
Honestly, this type of exercise seems nothing more than a way to value some human lives more than others. It's rank tribalism and I find it rather appalling.
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Equating Hamas' actions to that of the US and the IDF if rather appalling as well. It's clear that one of Hamas' goals is to identify the IDF as indiscriminately killing civilians, or the same as their own stated goal of murdering as many Israeli citizens as possible. Thus the lies regarding casualty rates.