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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
They know Hamas is using civilians as shields. They still target the shield. Let's not pretend Israel is not targeting innocent people. They are, with the end goal of striking Hamas. They are perfectly happy to kill 100 innocent Palestinians if it means they kill 10 Hamas.
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Taking your statements at face value: Hamas knows that Israel will strike through the shield, yet they continue to deploy them. Hamas is perfectly happy to have 100 innocent Palestinians die if it means 100 innocent Palestinians die, because if they know their human shields to be ineffective then there is not another motive. Israel, at least, has a military objective, and lacks alternative means to destroy the rocket sites.
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
2. Terminology
Is this comparable to Nazi Germany? Or is it offensive to even utter the words? Is it apartheid, or not technically apartheid because that only occurred in South Africa. Is it ethnic cleansing, or not technically ethnic cleansing? Is it racism, or not technically? It doesn't really matter. Have the debate if you want, but what is happening is what is happening. Whatever label you want to apply or label you want to resist doesn't change what is actually occurring. People who have nothing intelligent to add want to talk about words in the dictionary and nothing else. Go nuts.
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If you want to say "A" is "B" it is important to know what "B" is. But way to go for the ad hominem attack.