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One party had a long leash. The other cut the leash and yelled attaboy. Now acting mildly concerned when the neighbour downstreet (Qatar) got their chickens bo

One party had a long leash. The other cut the leash and yelled attaboy. Now acting mildly concerned when the neighbour downstreet (Qatar) got their chickens bombed.

mschuster91 1y ago
> Now acting mildly concerned when the neighbour downstreet (Qatar) got their chickens bombed. Thing is, what was bombed there was Hamas leadership, not some rank-and-file goons.
- actionfromafar 1y ago
  Yes, and at this point I'm not arguing for or against that action. I'm saying the current and previous US administration have very different foreign policy.
- MomsAVoxell 1y ago
  So? Justifying this kind of act, no matter what, opens the doors for such assassinations to occur in any other country in the world. The precedence has been set. Don't moan when your own politicians, branded terrorists by the governments of some foreign nation, also get blasted away.
  - rogerrogerr 1y ago
    Nothing in the real world is held back by “moaning”. Foreign countries mostly don’t assassinate American leaders because we have myriad ways to find out who did it and make life less enjoyable for them. Not because of adherence to some mutual code of conduct. If they thought they could get away with it, they’d be doing it.
    - MomsAVoxell 1y ago
      American Supremacy is a dire fallacy. They do get away with it.
IncreasePosts 1y ago
Why shouldn't Hamas leadership be bombed wherever they may be? They're the leaders of a terrorist organization. The US takes out terrorists wherever they may be (or, works with local authorities to get them first). But, when local authorities are siding with the terrorists, we go in there and do it ourselves. October 7th was Israel's 9/11 - we went and got bin Laden in Pakistan, without dealing with the Pakistani government. Why shouldn't Israel do the same thing? I say - kill all the Hamas leadership, and leave the random Palestinian citizens alone.
- axus 1y ago
  There was only one bin Laden, and we didn't use missiles for that one.
- kayodelycaon 1y ago
  We have bombed their leadership. This is an entirely different war. Hamas was/is the government of Gaza. They're part of the people there, not outside it. You're trying to fight an organization that is part of the civilian population, not above it or outside of it. And that organization is deliberately using human shields to blur the lines even further. It's not easy to figure out who's a random Palestinian or who's going to fire a rocket into Israel five years from now. If we want to keep bombing our way to victory, that's going to continue down the road of genocide. Humanity needs to be better than this. We need to be better than this.
  - fahhem 1y ago
    I can turn anyone, including you, into "someone who will fire a rocket in 5 years". Give me US backing and I can do it in 4
    - kayodelycaon 1y ago
      Out of curiosity, how would you plan to do that? You know nothing about me.
      - 1y ago

One party had a long leash. The other cut the leash and yelled attaboy. Now acting mildly concerned when the neighbour downstreet (Qatar) got their chickens bombed.

mschuster91 1y ago

> Now acting mildly concerned when the neighbour downstreet (Qatar) got their chickens bombed. Thing is, what was bombed there was Hamas leadership, not some rank-and-file goons.

actionfromafar 1y ago
Yes, and at this point I'm not arguing for or against that action. I'm saying the current and previous US administration have very different foreign policy.
MomsAVoxell 1y ago
So? Justifying this kind of act, no matter what, opens the doors for such assassinations to occur in any other country in the world. The precedence has been set. Don't moan when your own politicians, branded terrorists by the governments of some foreign nation, also get blasted away.
- rogerrogerr 1y ago
  Nothing in the real world is held back by “moaning”. Foreign countries mostly don’t assassinate American leaders because we have myriad ways to find out who did it and make life less enjoyable for them. Not because of adherence to some mutual code of conduct. If they thought they could get away with it, they’d be doing it.
  - MomsAVoxell 1y ago
    American Supremacy is a dire fallacy. They do get away with it.

IncreasePosts 1y ago

Why shouldn't Hamas leadership be bombed wherever they may be? They're the leaders of a terrorist organization. The US takes out terrorists wherever they may be (or, works with local authorities to get them first). But, when local authorities are siding with the terrorists, we go in there and do it ourselves. October 7th was Israel's 9/11 - we went and got bin Laden in Pakistan, without dealing with the Pakistani government. Why shouldn't Israel do the same thing? I say - kill all the Hamas leadership, and leave the random Palestinian citizens alone.

axus 1y ago
There was only one bin Laden, and we didn't use missiles for that one.
kayodelycaon 1y ago
We have bombed their leadership. This is an entirely different war. Hamas was/is the government of Gaza. They're part of the people there, not outside it. You're trying to fight an organization that is part of the civilian population, not above it or outside of it. And that organization is deliberately using human shields to blur the lines even further. It's not easy to figure out who's a random Palestinian or who's going to fire a rocket into Israel five years from now. If we want to keep bombing our way to victory, that's going to continue down the road of genocide. Humanity needs to be better than this. We need to be better than this.
- fahhem 1y ago
  I can turn anyone, including you, into "someone who will fire a rocket in 5 years". Give me US backing and I can do it in 4
  - kayodelycaon 1y ago
    Out of curiosity, how would you plan to do that? You know nothing about me.
    - 1y ago