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Really? I think that is a distinction without a difference If your siblings are killed or maimed in their home or at a party, do you care? Killing people is
by worik 2y ago
Really?
I think that is a distinction without a difference
If your siblings are killed or maimed in their home or at a party, do you care?
Killing people is a bad thing
- golergka 2y agoThen you disagree with international law and common sense. If my siblings are killed with a rocket that targeted a hospital turned a weapon silo, I would blame those who put the weapons there, not those who launched the rocket.
- phatfish 2y agoObviously Hamas are responsible for the hospital becoming a target. But there is version of this where weapons at the hospital are removed by force, without bombing it.
- mhb 2y agoYeah, but it's a magical version in an imaginary realm.
- phatfish 2y agoProtecting a few key humanitarian sites from bombing doesn't seem impossible if there was a will to do so.
- mhb 2y agoMaybe you can explain how you envision that working.
- phatfish 2y agoThe Israeli army would use their miliary assets on the ground. They invaded and established a temporary occupying force to deal with Hamas, so resources other than air are available. The air force can hit the targets required around the hospital to allow an easier time for ground forces. Reach the hospital, and use those ground forces to secure it.
- mhb 2y agoThey already use ground assets. Your plan needs more detail. When the IDF ground forces enter a hospital hallway where Hamas terrorists have positioned hostages in front of them and behind them, what should the IDF do? N.B.: the terrorists are shooting at them.
- alan-hn 2y agoYou mean like this? https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/15/middleeast/idf-accidentally-kills-hostages-gaza/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/15/middleeast/idf-accidentally-k...
- mhb 2y agoWhat do you imagine that demonstrates aside from that it is possible for mistakes to occur? Especially when you're fighting an enemy for whom it is an advantage for you to kill its own population for the propaganda value.
- alan-hn 2y agoIt shows that it doesn't matter where the hostages are because they'll just shoot at everyone anyways
- mhb 2y agoI hope you think enough of yourself to realize that that reasoning is not worthy of you.
- alan-hn 2y agoAnd what makes you think the IDF is so discerning in their targets? They attacked the USS Liberty with the intention of killing everyone aboard knowing it was a US vessel and they've been continuously killing tens of thousands of women and children, they also purposely target and kill journalists
- golergka 2y ago> But there is version of this where weapons at the hospital are removed by force, without bombing it. Version A (what happens now): Israel calls everybody in the vicinity of the hospital, gives them time to evacuate. Then Israel strikes the hospital with a missile without a warhead. Then Israel actually bombs it. Version B (what you suggest): IDF storms in with guns blazing. What version, in your opinion, will result in more civilian deaths?
- worik 2y agoTwo things: 1. In many cases whole Gazen families have bee killed in their homes. 2. I always blame those giving orders. On both sides.
- ImJamal 2y agoDoes anybody look at it like that though? If a sibling of yours was accidentally killed in a car accident would you consider that to be the equivalent as somebody deliberately running down your sibling? While the end result is the same the intent is different. Maybe you could argue Israel is not accidentally doing this, but collateral damage of civilians will almost always happen regardless of how careful attacks are planned. I don't think there has ever been a war that occurred in such a densely packed area that has had no civilian causalities.
- worik 2y ago> Maybe you could argue Israel is not accidentally doing this, I think there is an element in glee at civilian casualties on both sides
- bawolff 2y agoInternational law thinks there is a significant difference between different types of death in war, and that is the basis of these proceedings. You can personally think international law is wrong, but that probably won't affect what the ICC does very much.
- xdennis 2y ago> Killing people is a bad thing There are videos of them celebrating on Oct 7 and crowds attacking the hostages when they're brought into Gaza. Did they think killing is a bad thing?
- worik 2y ago> Did they think killing is a bad thing? I do not know, but not on the face of it But we can all do better than justify our actions on the basis of "they did it too" That is school yard logic, and nation states can do better Silly me, tho. The nation states involved all seem to be devoid of principals
- nolongerthere 2y agoContext and nuance are very important. Are the allied forces of WWII all mass murderers? Or to put it more broadly what distinguishes a soldier who has killed dozens of enemy soldiers from a school shooter who killed dozens of his peers? According to your statement they are morally equivalent, society at large would vehemently disagree with you.