[–] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Its wild that they have lost all the guile and subtlety that used to let them get away with pretending that this shit isn't what it is. When did "The Israel Palestine issue is complex and there are clear arguments and atrocities on both sides that require a nuanced approach to solutions" turn into "You cannot be against murdering babies because those dirty Muslim babies don't count, your an antisemite."

Like yeah, we always kind of knew that those were the same thing, but now they aren't even pretending.

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  • [–] 26 points 8 months ago

    Because the vast majority of Western nations (including the US) consider it to be a war crime to deliberately make a military strike against survivors of an attack that pose no active threat.

    Even that assumes that the original strike has military merit in the first place, which isn't really the case when they are blowing up unarmed boats that might or might not be carrying drugs.

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