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I try very hard to find credible primary and secondary sources of what's true on the ground. For Gaza, but also for Ukraine, Myanmar, Sudan, I am basically a ne

by cm2012 1y ago

I try very hard to find credible primary and secondary sources of what's true on the ground. For Gaza, but also for Ukraine, Myanmar, Sudan, I am basically a nerd about conflict zones. From all of my research, I believe the IDF gets a bad rap but is no worse in Gaza than any Western army would be in the same situation. And indeed we can see that in dug in cities like the coalition forces vs ISIS in Mosul, civilian casulaties happened at quite similar rates to Gaza.

immibis 1y ago
Is it possible that "any Western army" is also pure evil?
- cm2012 1y ago
  Ulysses Grant, hero of the Civil war for the Union, said, "War is cruelty and cannot be refined." But evil is up to you.
originalvichy 1y ago
The United States occupation of Iraq was like a trip to an amusement park compared to Gaza. Please don't compare the IDF to the US military. At least the US military and its soldiers had RoE that they respected. Any breaking of those rules did not get ignored like they do in the IDF.
- cm2012 1y ago
  People who actually study this stuff say otherwise https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/im-a-war-scholar-there-is-no-genocide-in-gaza-john-spencer-on-x/ https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/im-a-war-scholar-there-is-no-gen...
  - immibis 1y ago
    That's a right-wing propaganda outlet, not an institution of studying
    - cm2012 1y ago
      Here is the same guy on NPR. https://www.npr.org/2025/07/29/nx-s1-5478643/war-scholar-discusses-why-he-does-not-think-there-is-a-genocide-in-gaza https://www.npr.org/2025/07/29/nx-s1-5478643/war-scholar-dis... He is also the Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at West Point, he is a real subject matter expert. I could also point you to plenty of similar sources.