PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoAverage tankie calling for the genocide of the working class for being the wrong ethnicitylemmy.worldimagemessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down122
arrow-up192arrow-down1imageAverage tankie calling for the genocide of the working class for being the wrong ethnicitylemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square122fedilink
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·2 months agoI respect the sentiment, but Hamas uses innocent civilians as human shields all the time. Doing what you say would allow them to attack with impunity.
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoIf you can’t defend yourself without doing war crimes, you’re not defending yourself. You’re just using it as an excuse for war crimes.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoI suggest you read the definitions of what is and isn’t a war crime.
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoBombing hospitals, schools, residential buildings, refugee camps, and aid workers are war crimes. Isreal has done all of the above and more.
minus-squaregoat@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoso has Hamas. Every single thing that Israel has done, so too has Hamas. The only difference is one can be held accountable, while the other isn’t.
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoWhataboutism
minus-squaregoat@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoaw, I can’t mention the opponent’s warcrimes too? Goodluck trying to explain any conflict ever then, lmao.
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoThere is no such thing as a justification for war crimes.
minus-squaregoat@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoBecause Hamas uses civilian infrastructure, this is well documented.
I respect the sentiment, but Hamas uses innocent civilians as human shields all the time. Doing what you say would allow them to attack with impunity.
If you can’t defend yourself without doing war crimes, you’re not defending yourself. You’re just using it as an excuse for war crimes.
I suggest you read the definitions of what is and isn’t a war crime.
Bombing hospitals, schools, residential buildings, refugee camps, and aid workers are war crimes. Isreal has done all of the above and more.
so has Hamas. Every single thing that Israel has done, so too has Hamas.
The only difference is one can be held accountable, while the other isn’t.
Whataboutism
aw, I can’t mention the opponent’s warcrimes too?
Goodluck trying to explain any conflict ever then, lmao.
There is no such thing as a justification for war crimes.
Because Hamas uses civilian infrastructure, this is well documented.