Israel launched a dozen attacks on UN troops in Lebanon, says leaked report

Re:Israel launched a dozen attacks on UN troops in Lebanon, ... by sterlind on Thursday October 24, 2024 @08:19PM (#41941131)

My view is the ethnicity of the human shields in question shouldn't factor into your decision making. You shouldn't shoot through an Egyptian aid worker or Lebanese child if you wouldn't have shot through an Israeli hostage in their place.

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Re:Israel launched a dozen attacks on UN troops in Lebanon, ... by freehorse on Thursday October 24, 2024 @09:47PM (#41941581)

> you wouldn't have shot through an Israeli hostage in their place

Well actually, to give Israel some kind of credit, they have also done that, as hostages have indeed been killed in their attacks. In general they have shown a similar disregard of human life towards their own people who have been hostages, so there's that.

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Re:Israel launched a dozen attacks on UN troops in Lebanon, ... by michtzik on Thursday October 24, 2024 @09:28PM (#41941502)

I suppose you're suggesting that one shouldn't value "us" over "them". Is a logical extension of this that you shouldn't shoot someone else if you wouldn't shoot yourself?

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Re:Israel launched a dozen attacks on UN troops in Lebanon, ... by sterlind on Thursday October 24, 2024 @10:42PM (#41941780)

I'm suggesting we should value civilian casualties equally. You're free to shoot at soldiers.

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Re:Israel launched a dozen attacks on UN troops in Lebanon, ... by edanm on Friday October 25, 2024 @05:44AM (#41943679)

I mean, you can also just value all human life equally, and not shoot at soldiers unless there's a really good reason to do so. You really shouldn't target civilians, almost ever, cause there's never a good reason to do so by definition.

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