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In reply to the discussion: IAF Pilot calls off strike on Gaza target after spotting children nearby [View all]Orrex
(63,261 posts)72. Ergo, by your reasoning, Hamas is justified in its response
Israel's attacks proceed apace, killing scores of civilians, yet you expect Hamas to exercise restraint when Israel can't? Are you reading what you're writing? What can possibly justify this double standard?
Whatever rationalization you favor, Israel is executing a grossly disproportionate military response against civilians when its conflict is nominally with Hamas. Why do you accept this form of collective punishment by Israel while you condemn Hamas' much less widespread, much less effective, and much less lethal campaign?
Attempting to cutely minimize the lethal intent of the Palestinians doesn't change the fact that their intent is to indiscriminately kill as many Israelis - men, women and children as possible using whatever armaments they have at their disposal.
This is their stated intent? Provide a link. Otherwise you should disclaim it as the ugly propaganda that it is.
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IAF Pilot calls off strike on Gaza target after spotting children nearby [View all]
question everything
Jul 2014
OP
How many Palestinian civilians do they get to kill before they're held responsible for it?
Orrex
Jul 2014
#14
It has 2 Recs, few are buying this propaganda. They will try again to make the pilots the victims.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2014
#34
Do you find it morally acceptable to bomb women and children to achieve a political goal?
Orrex
Jul 2014
#40
+1. It's like telling the fish to get out the barrel before you drop in a hand grenade.
GoneFishin
Jul 2014
#41
Yeah, and I am sure that bountiful free US military and financial aid is not connected
GoneFishin
Jul 2014
#105
According to who? Reporting is highly restricted. Why do you suppose none of this can be verified by
GoneFishin
Jul 2014
#109
I don't know if you have been up with it, but the IDF has been bombing Gazan residents
Ash_F
Jul 2014
#115
Militia versus an entire national army, they want you to think it is all in balance, but the math
Fred Sanders
Jul 2014
#16
A just peace for Palestine would make a lot of people happy. Not Israelis, though, apparently.
Comrade Grumpy
Jul 2014
#32
There is hardly a place in Gaza where there are not children. It's so overcrowded thanks to
kelliekat44
Jul 2014
#6
The dozens killed, dead, never more were just some oops is. Sorry about that. Carry on.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2014
#20
Collective punishment is a war crime, a fact conveniently overlooked by the MSM
RufusTFirefly
Jul 2014
#30
Release a video of a house with a dozen residents ripped apart...for balance.....this is propaganda.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2014
#15
too bad there aren't more like him in the field and in the command structure nt
geek tragedy
Jul 2014
#49