'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israeli arrest, torture

Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @05:46PM (#38619820)

> there was virtually no condemnation when the daughter of one of Putin's propagandists was assassinated

Massive difference between targeted killing and broad slaughter. To put this on the other shoe, it's why we were never going to win hearts and minds in Afghanistan or Vietnam.

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Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by tsimionescu on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @05:55PM (#38619933)

Yes, I didn't mean to equivocate. Unquestionably what Hamas did was much, much worse. Still, logically speaking, if we can excuse murdering one innocent civilian, we might have excused murdering a thousand as well.

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Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @06:09PM (#38620093)

> if we can excuse murdering one innocent civilian, we might have excused murdering a thousand

The target was the propagandist; “Dugin reportedly made a decision at the last minute to travel separately” [1].

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62621509

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Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by tsimionescu on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @03:09AM (#38624108)

Even so, Dugin is a civilian in this conflict. He is a propagandist, not a military leader or combatant.

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Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by esyir on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @01:26AM (#38623429)

There's a difference between deliberate targeting of civilians and collateral damage. The latter is acceptable, as the alternative is literally impossible.

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