• TheFonz@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Discourse on Lemmy is so stupid. It’s so stupid. Like Facebook boomer stupid.

    Is the IDF counter-attack proportional or is it excessive compared to what Hamas is doing? I would say it’s absolutely excessive. How is that excess justified? I would urge you guys to put more thought into any of this discourse beyond “genocide; colonialism; apartheid; imperialism”. Please, for the love of god. Try. When you use cheap logic, all you do is give more fodder to IDF --and I’m not a fan of IDF.

    If I take your claim and analyze it logically it’s not sound at all. The typical numbers game to counter whether the occupation is justified: More civilians dead = IDF bad. Pause. Think about this statement for a second. Do we measure justification for war based on the number of casualties incurred? When the allies bombed Dresden, did we find reason to defeat the Nazis even though many civilian casualties occurred? Yes, a calculated risk was made.

    The question is: What ought the IDF do in this scenario with Hamas perpetually shelling them with rockets by planting themselves in civilian areas?

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      5 months ago

      Sorry… you’re comparing what Israel is doing right now to what allies did to a city in the country that was itself perpetrating the genocide? A country that was also itself invading Allied nations?

      Is this opposite day or something?

      • TheFonz@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Nop. I’m contesting your logic. Not comparing the countries. We are examining whether your logic holds up to scrutiny.

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          5 months ago

          I don’t even know what you think my logic is beyond “the more innocent people you kill, the less morally justified your position becomes.”

          Can you give an example of when that is not the case? Because I don’t know too many people who think that the bombing of Dresden was morally justified.

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            5 months ago

            Ok, so if Hamas kills more people that automatically makes Israel’s actions justified?

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                5 months ago

                Is there any war-ever in history- that didn’t involve civilian casualties? Any?

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                    5 months ago

                    In war, you are allowed to kill innocents if necessary to achieve a valid military objective.

                    In this war, the IDF’s objective is to destroy Hamas.