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Originally Posted by Pointman
This, for example.
And I'm not even a Netanyahu supporter. I'm against him.
Unless you want to call Ukrainian regime a terrorist organization because of things like this:
https://kyivindependent.com/4-killed...ficials-claim/
And don't get me started on what Russians are doing either.
It's called "war". It's ugly enough as it is. The closest historical comparison of what is happening is probably the bombings of Japan (not nukes, there was an intensive campaign prior to that). Check out, there are some HORRIBLE pictures in this link which rivals those from Gaza:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_raids_on_Japan.
Both terrorism and genocide are different things entirely. |
Sorry, this is not war. If they invaded Iran, which would likely be dealing with the root cause of the problem, that would be a war. You could almost argue it started out as war when Hamas attacked civilians in Israel, but I would argue that was an act of terrorism. Yes, I know that Hamas is the official government of Gaza, but let's be honest, they are the government in Gaza like ISIS was the government in parts of Iraq and Syria.
This is not war. This is a bunch of war-hawks in the Israeli government, representing a bunch of religious fanatics in the West Bank and elsewhere that no longer want to live in fear from some of their neighbours and decided that they would solve the problem, at least in Gaza, once and for all regardless of how many innocents died as a result. From a political standpoint it also helps to strengthen Bibi's previously tenuous grip on power and distract from his scandals. Hamas is not, and never was, an existential threat to the state of Israel like Germany was to England or Japan was during WWII. They were and are a threat as terrorists though. If Israel really wants peace and security they need to get rid of Netanyahu, eject the settlers from the West Bank, stop catering to the ultra-religious nut-jobs and deal with Iran (preferably in a non-violent way).