Generally Accepted: Israel has a right to defend itself
Generally Accepted: Britain has a right to defend itself
Generally Accepted: Israel has a right to defend itself [with almost no restrictions][against brown people].
Generally not Accepted: Britain has a right to defend itself [with almost no restrictions][against white people]. — Baden
I condemn all attacks on civilians on both sides without reservation — Baden
Absolutely. Like the state of Israel. — StreetlightX
I wasn't responding to you because I had like 5 other people talking to me. Count it as a conversation if I respond to you. — BitconnectCarlos
No, it's not. If that were true then every general or commander would be a war criminal because civilian casualties are inevitable in war. Bombing of German industrial targets? War crime. Bombing on Japan? War crime.
Come on, Baden. — BitconnectCarlos
So, presumably you believe war against Israel by the Palestinians is justified? Again, in their position, living under a foreign occupation, how would you react?
— Baden
No, all I said was in some instances war is justified and in during warfare or military action intention does matter. That's all I was seeking to establish. — BitconnectCarlos
Israelis are POC — BitconnectCarlos
Ok ya got me we exchanged a couple sentences almost 2 weeks ago where all I really did was clarify my position. — BitconnectCarlos
To the best of my understanding, the IRA didn't intentionally target uninvolved civilians or strive to maximize civilian casualties. — BitconnectCarlos
"As well as its campaign against the security forces, the IRA became involved, in the middle of the decade, in a "tit for tat" cycle of sectarian killings with loyalist paramilitaries. The worst examples of this occurred in 1975 and 1976. In September 1975, for example, IRA members machine-gunned an Orange Hall in Newtownhamilton, killing five Protestants. On 5 January 1976, in Armagh, IRA members operating under the proxy name South Armagh Republican Action Force shot dead ten Protestant building workers in the Kingsmill massacre.
In similar incidents, the IRA deliberately killed 91 Protestant civilians in 1974–76."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army_campaign
More than Hamas have killed in the past ten years.
More fairy tales or are you going to address the issue, finally? — Baden
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