So what? War is neither a beauty contest nor a fair play contest.
I was replying to someone else.So if Palestinians are doomed to suffer whatever price Netanyahu is willing to inflict on them (at least until Hamas keeps hostages and Netanyahu is in power), who is going to help them? If it is the Great Satan to do it, what would be the benefit for the Great Satan?
So unless the hostages are returned, the whole population of Gaza is expendable? — Punshhh
A question: Are Hamas the Palestinians? Are the Palestinians Hamas? Imo they're different, but not entirely different. The Palestinians (therefore) have some culpability in 7 Oct., and certainly in their harboring Hamas and in keeping the hostages. Accessories at least, then, before and after the fact. So "expendable" not at all the right word.This answers my question then. The population is expendable in the pursuit of Israel’s objectives. — Punshhh
What crimes? And what occupation?As well, there are the issues of crimes committed on Israeli territory, the perpetrators subject to Israeli law.
You seem very one sided in these comments. What about the crimes committed by Israeli’s in the West Bank and Gaza? Or is it that carte blanche thing again? — Punshhh
Give the hostages back once Israeli have undone as much of the harm as they can, got all settlers out of West Bank, etc — bert1
I love the line of “Hamas could end this war immediately,” as if every innocent child Israel murders, deliberately and intentionally, is really the fault of Hamas. — Mikie
What Israeli terrorism? I've been aware of middle-east news since the mid-fifties and I know of no Israeli terrorism. But I know of lots and lots and lots and lots of murderous Palestinian terrorism.And October 7th doesn’t happen but for decades of Israeli terrorism. — Mikie
Have you even read the news of what happened on 7 Oct.? What do you think happened on that date?I love the line of “Hamas could end this war immediately,” as if every innocent child Israel murders, deliberately and intentionally, is really the fault of Hamas. Like a law of nature.
But saying something like the above is considered absurd.
No wonder the world is condemning Israel. Easy to see through such stupid propaganda. — Mikie
What Israeli terrorism? […] I know of lots and lots and lots and lots of murderous Palestinian terrorism. — tim wood
Have you even read the news of what happened on 7 Oct.? What do you think happened on that date? — tim wood
maybe so many Palestinian women and children would not be killed if those brave Arabs, those courageous Hamas, would stop hiding under skirts and behind children. — tim wood
Japanese and Germans — tim wood
Every death since Oct. 7 on the heads of Hamas and the Palestinians and every one of them unnecessary! — tim wood
I love the line of “Hamas could end this war immediately,” as if every innocent child Israel murders, deliberately and intentionally, is really the fault of Hamas. Like a law of nature. — Mikie
I consider Israeli actions to be simply a police action — tim wood
So what? War is neither a beauty contest nor a fair play contest.
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You keep saying this, asymmetrical war is a reality, I’m not saying that it’s a question of morality, fair play here. But rather an imbalance in agency. The only agency Hamas has had since October 8th is the option of releasing the hostages and surrendering themselves. Israel has wide ranging agency and propaganda machinery. Not to mention the thing I said about apartheid. — Punshhh
Also if Hamas had surrendered, the course of this situation might not have been much better than where we are now. Certainly if they had released the hostages, but not surrendered, it may well have been considerably worse than that. — Punshhh
You mean that since Israel is disproportionately stronger than Hamas and can erase Hamas from Gaza, then Israel must yield to Hamas’ demands? — neomac
What Israel should do is the right thing, regardless of Hamas demands. — bert1
(1) When Israel kills people, it’s unintentional/accidental. In this they have a near perfect record.
(2) When Palestinians (whether Hamas or whomever) kill people, it’s terrorism. — “Mikie
Why? Because even though they’re the oppressed people in this scenario — living for decades in concentration camp conditions under a superpower-backed colonial state — and have killed FAR less people, they do it intentionally. — Mikie
So how many innocent Palestinian children need to die before Israeli actions count as terrorism/“bad”? — Mikie
You mean that since Israel is disproportionately stronger than Hamas and can erase Hamas from Gaza, then Israel must yield to Hamas’ demands? Or that since Israel is disproportionately stronger than Hamas and can erase Hamas from Gaza, then Hamas can’t help but fight Israel to death? Do these conditionals make sense to you?
The suffering of Palestinians.Better in what sense? For whom?
What is happening now is something more than a brutal retaliation for 07/10. It is the deliberate starvation of a captive population. A genocide.If Hamas had surrendered prior to committing the 8/10 massacre, then this would have spared the Gazans the current brutal retaliation. Any time Hamas surrenders in exchange for a cease-fire, then this would spare Gazans further brutal retaliation. If Hamas doesn’t surrender but it returns the hostages in exchange for a cease-fire, then this would still spare Gazans further brutal retaliation. So if the purpose is to spare Gazans Israelis’ brutal retaliation or further brutal retaliation, then not committing the 8/10 massacre, surrendering, returning hostages would be (or have been) all available options to Hamas. Wouldn’t they?
Will is required in both camps to improve the situation regardless of partisanship, yes? — jorndoe
But it is: there's a clear judgment contained in the fact that Palestinians are not up to "our" level and therefore the Israelis are good and they are bad and therefore fuck them — Benkei
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