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Old 07-04-2025, 20:18   #1661
jfman
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Re: Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran … War

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees View Post
War is ugly , shit happens

So, considering this war between the two sides has been going on for years and years when Hamas attacked Israel back on October 7th could you not argue that that in itself is shit happening ? Or is it only shit happens when it’s the side you want to win commits atrocities ?
This is the circle that cannot be squared among Israel’s supporters. Hamas executing Israeli paramedics wouldn’t be “war is ugly”, neither would any state actor carrying out the same act - Iran, Lebanon, Syrians. There would be an outcry.

One minute Hamas are the government of Gaza, making state apparatus like the health infrastructure implicitly a legitimate target, on the other hand Palestinians are denied a legitimate fighting force to carry out “ugly” acts in its name. Or atrocities, as they’d likely be known.

It’s some amount of mental gymnastics at every turn.
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