• 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org
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    10 hours ago

    Yeah right…

    Ukraine using publicly available camera Drones to drop grenades on russian invaders?

    Bravo Ukraine! Very creative self-defending!!

    Mossad putting explosives in items terrorists ordered to specifically to coordinate their terrorrism?

    Booh! Not allowed, bad Israel!!

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      10 hours ago

      I don’t think they’re talking about buying something normal and turning it into a weapon. But buying something normal and getting a weapon instead.

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        And also, the drone allows you to pick your target.

        You don’t know who’s holding or near the walkie talkie.

        I’m not for or against it, I don’t feel qualified to make a judgement, but I can see the differences.

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          Exactly. If your drone shows children and you still Boom, you’ve chosen to commit a war crime. But with this plus the indiscriminate bombing of humanitarian centers in Gaza, it’s all war crimes all day every day. The numbers of dead children are exponentially higher than the numbers of dead Hamas, and once the critically injured innocents in Lebanon die the same may be true for Hezbollah.

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      You do know that Israel is not fighting against an invading force, right? That might be a slight difference when it comes to morality.

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        You do realize Hezbollah even having possession of those rockets was in violation of UN resolutions. The fact they’ve been launching them for nearly a year now is also a violation. Israel’s actions here are far more justifiable than Gaza.

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            They’ve been bombing Israel for nearly a year - since Oct 8, well before Israel went into Gaza. Actually, even before Israel completely recaptured the areas captured by Hamas in southern Israel.

            What choice does Israel have other than to give up on 60,000 of their own citizens permanently displaced by Hezbollah?

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        Men with tactical coordination, trained and armed with automatic weapons, crossed an internationally recognized border by land, sea, and air. They launched thousands of ballistic missiles, killed, captured and held territory, and have repeatedly given assurances that they will do the same again and again.

        If that’s not an invasion then we are just arguing semantics.

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            Hamas invaded Israel last October 7 by land, sea, and air. They captured territory, however briefly. Hezbollah has been a part of the military campaign against Israel since Oct 8, weeks before Israeli troops entered Gaza (Oct 27). 60,000 Israelis have been displaced by Hezbollah attacks, and dozens killed or injured.

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          I think you missed an important qualifier in the statement you’re responding to. I feel if you reread the statement you’d find you’re probably both on the same page of this book.