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Check out this example: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjw4egp7lwno https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjw4egp7lwno "As we pass through Khan Shaykhun, we com
by YZF 7mo ago
Check out this example: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjw4egp7lwno https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjw4egp7lwno
"As we pass through Khan Shaykhun, we come across a street painted in the colours of the Iranian flag. It leads to a school building that was being used as an Iranian headquarters." "On the wall at the entrance of the toilets, slogans read: "Down with Israel" and "Down with the USA".
It was evident that these headquarters were also evacuated at short notice. We found documents classified as "highly sensitive"."
This is a BBC reporter reporting from Syria after the fall of Assad.
It is strategy for the IRGC and Hamas to operate from civilian infrastructure like schools to gain immunity. That's what's "not a human error".
- bigyabai 7mo agoHelp me understand how this justifies the collateral damage.
- YZF 7mo agoI am countering the parent's statement that seems to indicate the US and Israel are intentionally targeting civilian infrastructure systematically for no reason. A lot of this infrastructure is targeted for good reason because it is used for military purposes. This is totally unrelated to the topic where it seems the one school in question was incorrectly targeted based on what we know today (though not intentionally). The general framework for justifying collateral damage is that enough care has to be taken to minimize it vs. the value of the military objective being achieved. Attacking an IRGC headquarters intentionally based in a school (e.g. if the example in Syria was to be attacked by Israel for example) still needs to pass this test. I.e. Israel would have to take measures to minimize collateral damage which would be proportional to the military value it gains by hitting the IRGC. But the (Syrian) school would have been considered a legitimate military target and the outrage should be towards the IRGC setting up camp there.
- Hikikomori 7mo ago[flagged]
- YZF 7mo agoPersonal attacks are ofcourse now normal on HN in this new world you like to live in. I'll wear this as a badge of honor from you. Maybe I'll have a T-shirt printed with "One of the worst Zionists we have on this website - Hikkomori".
- bigyabai 7mo agoIt would be easier to call you something else if the majority of your comment history wasn't exclusively focused on Israeli politics for some reason.
- Hikikomori 7mo agoJust letting people know so they don't have to go through your usual hasbara spiel. That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad. And if it was, that's not a big deal. And if it is, that's not my fault. And if it was, I didn't mean it. And if I did, you deserved it.
- nahuel0x 7mo agoI think nobody with a couple of neurons still buys the "every school and hospital in Gaza were Hamas, so we bombed them" nazi-zionist rhetoric.
- csmpltn 7mo ago[flagged]
- nailer 7mo ago[flagged]
- lejalv 7mo agoThe Israeli state leaders is proudly declaring superiority of their people, the need for vital space (Lebensraum, the great Israel), segregating their own citizens, conducting pogroms, you have all the doctrine there. Go find out where this book played before and how it all ended up.
- nailer 7mo ago[flagged]