• DarkGamer@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It sounds like your condoning punishing children for the actions of their parents.

    No, I’m saying terrorists can’t operate with impunity because they hide behind children. Punishing children is not the point of military retaliation against Hamas, and the fact that children exist in Gaza does not justify letting systemic murder of civilians go unpunished.

    Sometimes minimizing deaths and maintaining public safety means deterring violence with violence, even if collateral damage may occur.

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      1 year ago

      Just so you’re aware, you’re saying that Isreal is allowed to target children because hamas targeted children. Did you trace it back to the very first child death or did you start your tally this week?

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        No I am not. Israel is not targeting non-combatant children. Sometimes people who are not the intended target get hit anyway, that’s called collateral damage. I guess hiding behind children thereby ensuring they get killed garners sympathy for their cause with you. This perspective encourages them to keep doing it.

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          1 year ago

          If someone is using a human shield you don’t shoot the human shield. I’m not sympathetic for hamas, I’m sympathetic for their human shields. You keep dancing around saying it explicitly but you’re backing up the fact that you’re okay with Israel killing children as long as they intend to kill insurgents. That’s terrorist shit and makes the idf just as bad as hamas.