re: Billboard truck driving around Harvard displaying names of students that support Hamas

Strapping a kid with a bomb is slightly more twisted than shooting them with one on purpose.

It could be argued that shooting them with the bomb remotely is more cowardly. At least you have to look at the kid to strap a bomb to it.

I don't see how you can say one is much worse than the other when the result is the kid gets blown up either way.

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Not by grown ups who understand the difference between collateral damage to human shields

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now you are moving the goalposts to something different than seeing a child on the screen and pressing the button to hit it with a missile.

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On 16 July 2014, during the military offensive in the Gaza Strip that Israel termed “Operation Protective Edge”, Israeli naval forces fired missiles that killed four children of the Bakr family – Ahed (10 years), Zakaria (10 years), Mohammed (11 years), and Ismail (10 years) – while they were playing soccer on Gaza City’s fishing beach. Six other civilians were also wounded in the missile attack, including four children from the same extended family.

“The testimonies reveal that there were no Israeli soldiers in the area and there was no immediate danger posed to anyone, and there was therefore no urgency in carrying out the attack. It was possible to have obtained further intelligence on the nature of the targets in order to verify whether they were combatants or not.”

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neither side is innocent

I haven't seen any examples of Dems supporting Hamas. Even the braindead dem president is supporting Israel. I have seen a lot of republicans claiming democrats are supporting Hamas.

just dropped in to say "frick yeah."

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ever heard of the vocal minority? the media chooses what gets covered.

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They aren’t vocal at all. That’s the entire point. They’re silent, just like Tlaib when asked if Israeli lives matter to her, or if she condemns the murder of babies.

Its very on brand for leftist to support...

1) Perpetual losers
2) Men who hide behind the bodies of women and children
3) People who are highly prejudicial and have a goal of eliminating Jews in the region.

But I bet you support Multiculturalism.

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Its very on brand for leftist to support...

1) Perpetual losers
2) Men who hide behind the bodies of women and children
3) People who are highly prejudicial and have a goal of eliminating Jews in the region.

But I bet you support Multiculturalism.

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i don't support any of these things unless by multiculturalism you mean America where we have a bunch of cultures blended together. Multiculturism has about a million definitions you can choose from though and I doubt anyone would support all of those definitions.

I'm anti groupthink, and would rather face harsh truths than take the easy/popular stance of "Israel good, Hamas evil" because that stance is basically having no stance at all besides patting yourself on the back.

Even America isn't pure good, we have done/continue to do a lot of fricked up shite that has caused some other countries to hate us.

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I feel no guilt, I treat people like Ive been treated.

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The people of the Gaza strip would probably feel the same way. I don't know how I would react if I shared a border with a country that had killed my family members/friends.

Before this recent conflict kicked off roughly 6,400 Palestinians and 300 Israelis had been killed in the ongoing violence since 2008 according to the UN.

It really is just an unmaintainable situation those 2 groups sharing borders. It seems impossible for them to just drop past grudges and live peacefully with that much history.

The only thing I'm certain of is Israel will win this conflict. Not sure what it will mean though, do they want to extend their borders more? it seems extending them will just make them harder to police.