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It's weird how these headlines are written in the passive voice and as to blame Hezbollah. "At least 20 dead as walkie-talkies explode in Lebanon as Israel dec

by kgbcia 2y ago

It's weird how these headlines are written in the passive voice and as to blame Hezbollah. "At least 20 dead as walkie-talkies explode in Lebanon as Israel declares ‘new phase of war’ against Hezbollah" How about Israel detonates 3000 explosives in Lebanon.

bamboozled 2y ago
Are we supposed to feel sorry for terrorists who's lives are spent working out how to murder and blow people up, then when they get blown up with minimal collateral damage caused, what? Honestly, I'm surprised at how great these people are at invoking emotional responses in their favor. It's incredible. They're certainly smashing the information war. When the 11 kids got actually blown up by a missile strike while attending a soccer game in Israel, where was all the sympathy then? Do people even know about this? https://www.timesofisrael.com/massive-tragedy-kids-killed-in-hezbollah-rocket-attack-on-soccer-field-are-named/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/massive-tragedy-kids-killed-in...
- desdenova 2y ago
  Israel are the terrorists. And linking to their propaganda, you're only showing how much you've been brainwashed by them.
  - giladamar 2y ago
    Of course. YOUR news is always propaganda, MY news is always God's honest truth. I'm sure al jazeera and electronic intifada have a cool disinterested view on the matter.
    - JoeyBananas 2y ago
      If you ask engineers who work for Tesla to review the Tesla Cyber Truck, they will tell you it's genius and amazing in every way because they don't want to get fired and they are likely also Tesla shareholders. If you ask engineers who work for Toyota about the Tesla cyber truck, they have the expertise to identify all of the problems with the design and they are not going to get fired for telling you the truth. Who would you rather listen to? It is the same situation when we are talking about Western journalists vs. Arab journalists.
      - bamboozled 2y ago
        I disagree because western journalists are often from secular society where telling the truth is more acceptable and encouraged. You're certainly not going to get thrown off a building for reporting some facts. What happened to Salmon Rusdhie? He was almost murdered over publishing an image of the prophet. Look up Yasmine Mohammed, she's an ex-Muslim who constant experiences death threats for her beliefs, or lack of there of. My friend, I suggest you try some stronger arguments.
        JoeyBananas 2y ago
        Your error is that you are thinking about journalism in idealistic terms, when in reality journalism does not operate on idealistic principals. Journalists are lying scoundrels who knowingly deceive people. They do this without any emotion in the same way that lion rips the guts out of a young gazelle. In their minds, it is OK to lie to cover up war crimes. It never occurs to them that people are going to take their word as the truth, because they do not care. They lie about everything because they are incompetent, craven, selfish, and so on. This is the mindset of a war criminal who commits genocide.
        bamboozled 2y ago
        Journalists are lying scoundrels who knowingly deceive people. Such a silly generalization, I didn't bother reading the rest of the comment. This conversation is over.
        JoeyBananas 2y ago
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  - moron123 2y ago
    Let's get this straight. When Israel executes an air strike to kill the terrorists that are killing their civilians for no reason, your lot howl at the moon about "indiscriminate" "disproportionate" "genocide". But when Israel ingeniously figures out a way to detonate explosives only on the terrorists bodies, you call that indiscriminate too? It's pretty obvious that you just hate Israel. No matter what Israel does, you will never be happy. Israel is here to stay. When people like you make peace with that, we will be able to live in peace.
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- pjc50 2y ago
  How do we know that all of the thousands of people injured in the pager bombings are Hizbollah?
  - giladamar 2y ago
    Because they're the ones who ordered the pagers for their specific use. Not to hand out like candy. Obviously not All people injured are Hizbollah, however the vast majority are. From some interviews I saw they claimed that the majority of patients at the hospitals were military aged men. Perhaps more reliable info will come out to clarify the number, we will have to see.
- robert_dipaolo 2y ago
  I think your first point could plausibly be made by either side, not just about this specific incident. I don't think killing people is ever a justifiable solution to any issue and almost always makes things worse. I think, no matter who the perpetrator is, it's undeniable that exploding electrical items on this scale, is an act of terror and aggression.

by kgbcia 2y ago

bamboozled 2y ago

Are we supposed to feel sorry for terrorists who's lives are spent working out how to murder and blow people up, then when they get blown up with minimal collateral damage caused, what? Honestly, I'm surprised at how great these people are at invoking emotional responses in their favor. It's incredible. They're certainly smashing the information war. When the 11 kids got actually blown up by a missile strike while attending a soccer game in Israel, where was all the sympathy then? Do people even know about this? https://www.timesofisrael.com/massive-tragedy-kids-killed-in-hezbollah-rocket-attack-on-soccer-field-are-named/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/massive-tragedy-kids-killed-in...

desdenova 2y ago
Israel are the terrorists. And linking to their propaganda, you're only showing how much you've been brainwashed by them.
- giladamar 2y ago
  Of course. YOUR news is always propaganda, MY news is always God's honest truth. I'm sure al jazeera and electronic intifada have a cool disinterested view on the matter.
  - JoeyBananas 2y ago
    If you ask engineers who work for Tesla to review the Tesla Cyber Truck, they will tell you it's genius and amazing in every way because they don't want to get fired and they are likely also Tesla shareholders. If you ask engineers who work for Toyota about the Tesla cyber truck, they have the expertise to identify all of the problems with the design and they are not going to get fired for telling you the truth. Who would you rather listen to? It is the same situation when we are talking about Western journalists vs. Arab journalists.
    - bamboozled 2y ago
      I disagree because western journalists are often from secular society where telling the truth is more acceptable and encouraged. You're certainly not going to get thrown off a building for reporting some facts. What happened to Salmon Rusdhie? He was almost murdered over publishing an image of the prophet. Look up Yasmine Mohammed, she's an ex-Muslim who constant experiences death threats for her beliefs, or lack of there of. My friend, I suggest you try some stronger arguments.
      - JoeyBananas 2y ago
        Your error is that you are thinking about journalism in idealistic terms, when in reality journalism does not operate on idealistic principals. Journalists are lying scoundrels who knowingly deceive people. They do this without any emotion in the same way that lion rips the guts out of a young gazelle. In their minds, it is OK to lie to cover up war crimes. It never occurs to them that people are going to take their word as the truth, because they do not care. They lie about everything because they are incompetent, craven, selfish, and so on. This is the mindset of a war criminal who commits genocide.
        bamboozled 2y ago
        Journalists are lying scoundrels who knowingly deceive people. Such a silly generalization, I didn't bother reading the rest of the comment. This conversation is over.
        JoeyBananas 2y ago
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- moron123 2y ago
  Let's get this straight. When Israel executes an air strike to kill the terrorists that are killing their civilians for no reason, your lot howl at the moon about "indiscriminate" "disproportionate" "genocide". But when Israel ingeniously figures out a way to detonate explosives only on the terrorists bodies, you call that indiscriminate too? It's pretty obvious that you just hate Israel. No matter what Israel does, you will never be happy. Israel is here to stay. When people like you make peace with that, we will be able to live in peace.
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pjc50 2y ago
How do we know that all of the thousands of people injured in the pager bombings are Hizbollah?
- giladamar 2y ago
  Because they're the ones who ordered the pagers for their specific use. Not to hand out like candy. Obviously not All people injured are Hizbollah, however the vast majority are. From some interviews I saw they claimed that the majority of patients at the hospitals were military aged men. Perhaps more reliable info will come out to clarify the number, we will have to see.
robert_dipaolo 2y ago
I think your first point could plausibly be made by either side, not just about this specific incident. I don't think killing people is ever a justifiable solution to any issue and almost always makes things worse. I think, no matter who the perpetrator is, it's undeniable that exploding electrical items on this scale, is an act of terror and aggression.