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Re:Nearly 1 in 4 Israelis will be ultra-Orthodox by 2050, st... by mnky9800n on Saturday September 16, 2023 @05:28AM (#37533304)
Don't Americans have some responsibility for the mass dead Iraqis? Whether they supported the war directly or not they sat by while their country waged war for economic reasons. Why is it ok to accept violence wrought by others? Good that some Israelis protest. But what prevents needless death and pain? What actions bring peace?
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Re:Nearly 1 in 4 Israelis will be ultra-Orthodox by 2050, st... by OfSanguineFire on Saturday September 16, 2023 @06:15AM (#37533523)
You are trying to highjack my reply and turn this thread into a debate on what actions should be taken, who is to blame, etc. Please don't use HN for political battle. The OP made a factual error and I corrected it, no more.
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Re:Nearly 1 in 4 Israelis will be ultra-Orthodox by 2050, st... by mindslight on Saturday September 16, 2023 @11:09AM (#37535459)
"Sat by" is doing an awful lot of work there. My recollection was not that many Americans actually "sat by" - it was quite divisive. Lazy support like those "support our troops" bracelets was of course positively supporting the war and thus shares in responsibility, but that was by no means the whole country.
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