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I wonder what people 80 years into the future will write about the ongoing destruction of Gaza.

throw310822 2y ago
Indeed. We've been witnessing nine months of pure retaliation for the October 7 attack, complete with tens of thousands of civilian deaths and controlled demolition of mosques, schools, and residential neighborhoods. An arrest warrant has been asked for Netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity, and yet he will be speaking this week in front of a joint congress session. I imagine standing ovations will abound, as usual.
linearrust 2y ago
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tomjen3 2y ago
Personally I am far more interested in what they will write about Mariupol.
- pokepim 2y ago
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somenameforme 2y ago
Or current times in general. WaPo gave a total excess deaths caused by the 'War on Terror' as 4.5 million. [1] That's 500+ deaths a day since 9/11. And we'll certainly be adding to that rapidly once the unspeakable of today becomes the regrettable mistakes of tomorrow. But for now, a supersized serving of Freedom Fries and WMD for everybody. [1] - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/15/war-on-terror-911-deaths-afghanistan-iraq/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/15/war-on-terro...
Log_out_ 2y ago
If your nurture includes a inability to form societies and cooperations, your outcome (save for a tech transfer vehicle) will Reproducable always be a bombed out city. Who bombs who why may vary, but societal level weakness has an attractivness of it own. At least i did not cheer on a repetition of fruitless instead of change.
pjc50 2y ago
They'll be either writing exactly the same articles as they do today, perhaps with different technology ("Israel widely condemned using fleet of hunter-killer robots against elementary school") or the whole of the Levant will be uninhabitable nuclear crater.
Qem 2y ago
Probably like people write today about holocaust in WWII. 80 years from now oil & gas will probably be much less important than today, so many countries that are happy today lending billions and providing cover for a brutal apartheid regime in middle east will be much less willing to do so. History will not look kindly to omission in face of those crimes.

Indeed. We've been witnessing nine months of pure retaliation for the October 7 attack, complete with tens of thousands of civilian deaths and controlled demolition of mosques, schools, and residential neighborhoods. An arrest warrant has been asked for Netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity, and yet he will be speaking this week in front of a joint congress session. I imagine standing ovations will abound, as usual.

linearrust 2y ago

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tomjen3 2y ago

Personally I am far more interested in what they will write about Mariupol.

pokepim 2y ago
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somenameforme 2y ago

Or current times in general. WaPo gave a total excess deaths caused by the 'War on Terror' as 4.5 million. [1] That's 500+ deaths a day since 9/11. And we'll certainly be adding to that rapidly once the unspeakable of today becomes the regrettable mistakes of tomorrow. But for now, a supersized serving of Freedom Fries and WMD for everybody. [1] - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/15/war-on-terror-911-deaths-afghanistan-iraq/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/15/war-on-terro...

Log_out_ 2y ago

If your nurture includes a inability to form societies and cooperations, your outcome (save for a tech transfer vehicle) will Reproducable always be a bombed out city. Who bombs who why may vary, but societal level weakness has an attractivness of it own. At least i did not cheer on a repetition of fruitless instead of change.

pjc50 2y ago

They'll be either writing exactly the same articles as they do today, perhaps with different technology ("Israel widely condemned using fleet of hunter-killer robots against elementary school") or the whole of the Levant will be uninhabitable nuclear crater.

Qem 2y ago

Probably like people write today about holocaust in WWII. 80 years from now oil & gas will probably be much less important than today, so many countries that are happy today lending billions and providing cover for a brutal apartheid regime in middle east will be much less willing to do so. History will not look kindly to omission in face of those crimes.