Re:Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, document...
by hersko on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @11:16AM
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So they started a war they knew would cause mass death to their civilian population. How is that not the same thing?
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Re:Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, document...
by chimprich on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @12:33PM
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You can't give all the blame for the deaths to Hamas. They gave Israel a monstrous provocation, but the decision to kill tens of thousands of civilians, and collective punishment by denial of food, water and medical care was the Israeli government's.
If party A is using a human shield, and party B decides to kill the human shield to get revenge on party A, then who is culpable for the death? I don't think it's an entirely obvious answer. I don't think anyone who can easily and automatically put all the blame on party A or B has really thought it through.