Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Hamas' brutality is unpardonable [View all]AZSkiffyGeek
(11,283 posts)149. Oh we know who AIPAC is
And who comprise the organization.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
258 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Yes, where are the stories of IDF raping women and chopping off men's penises?
Beakybird
Jan 2024
#5
WWII was a fairly symmetrical war between major national powers, and the weaponry of the time had little ability to yiel
AZLD4Candidate
Jan 2024
#34
The big problem with your argument is that you suggest that the bombing decided the war.
Chainfire
Jan 2024
#227
There was little attrition or disruption. There was, however, a lot of civilian deaths.
Chainfire
Jan 2024
#256
I would call it a god-damned shame that terrorists would mine an entire city, creating a city under a city
Hekate
Jan 2024
#99
This is true. But Israel isn't trying to kill children. They're trying to kill terrorists. That's a big distinction.
Beakybird
Jan 2024
#13
but but - so how do you kill 10,000 kids & injure 25,000 without trying? You have to be really incompetent or a
womanofthehills
Jan 2024
#19
Hamas uses innocents as human shields. How many innodent Japanese had to be killed for Pearl Harbor?
AZLD4Candidate
Jan 2024
#73
"Brutal response"? Israel shouldn't hand wring while kitchen-made rockets rain down. They get to end the barrage quickly
SoFlaBro
Jan 2024
#171
Your view of history is in error. The US threatened Japan to get out of SE Asia
TeamProg
Jan 2024
#232
If Hamas would surrender, turn over the planners/perpetrators of the 10/7 attacks,
kelly1mm
Jan 2024
#159
Hamas uses the deaths to serve up endless tiktok and twitter memes, reducing the struggle to bully vs victim
elias7
Jan 2024
#235
The question is why you and others here cannot respect our sorrow and mourning and have to
question everything
Jan 2024
#35
"Guess you haven't been over on TicToc or Twitter and viewed the thousands of horrific videos" and there you have it
GuppyGal
Jan 2024
#111
The UN reported 1000s of dead children? Hamas is in charge of what info comes out of Gaza.
oldsoftie
Jan 2024
#86
A baby in Palestine is just as dead from a 2000 pound bomb dropped by Israel....
DemocraticPatriot
Jan 2024
#47
No, the only problem I realized after your response is that because of my poorly worded
Abolishinist
Jan 2024
#172
I do see it now and I agree it is close to. if not crossing the line. I will edit my post. nt
kelly1mm
Jan 2024
#247
That's because instead they blew her into a million pieces with a 2000 pound bomb.
DemocraticPatriot
Jan 2024
#219
Mentioning the consequences of the IDF's indiscriminate bombing is not "bothsiderism"
Bucky
Jan 2024
#120
There's ways to fight Hamas that don't involve leveling apartment buildings and killing thousands of innocent people
Bucky
Jan 2024
#205
Israel did not kill Sinwar! It was some other Hamas dude in Lebanon (Sorry can't remember his name)
LeftInTX
Jan 2024
#233
Yeah. . .Israel asked to be attacked on October 7th. It's their fault and they deserved it
AZLD4Candidate
Jan 2024
#27
I didn't mince words. I said as many as it takes and as few as possible.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2024
#194
Actually, women don't matter to them. Women are not whole beings in the Hamas world view.
GoneOffShore
Jan 2024
#71
Let's talk about rabid animals' physical abuse, sexual humiliation, physical and psychological torture and rape.
TeamProg
Jan 2024
#20
Pardon me? You don't believe the abuses of U.S. soldiers on Iraqis and others?
TeamProg
Jan 2024
#26
No, let's not! Start your own thread, don't hijack others'. Are you capable?
question everything
Jan 2024
#36
I'm only referring to some history of abuses that happen in war. Most humans don't blame all Americans for
TeamProg
Jan 2024
#41
I was being generous, probably LESS than a handful of Hamas members were doing such atrocities, but I can't say.
TeamProg
Jan 2024
#48
You are the one refuting when someone posts an opinion on participation levels.
yagotme
Jan 2024
#203
A: That what the US did at Abu Graib was about as bad. I'm not apologizing for the sickos in
TeamProg
Jan 2024
#231
What are comparing to what end other than white washing fucking Hamas again?
TheKentuckian
Jan 2024
#240
Or what the Turks did to the Armenians. All horrible! All done before! S. Africa has filed paperwork for Netayahu to
TeamProg
Jan 2024
#242
You do realize the Arabs are saying exactly the same thing about the Israelis, right?
Warpy
Jan 2024
#51
And because Hamas doesn't give a shit about Palestinians that gives Israel permission kill innocent Palestinians?
Chainfire
Jan 2024
#148
This is one of the best answers to this difficult question that I have seen.
GoneOffShore
Jan 2024
#72
"but neither party has the 'moral high ground' in this war...." What the actual fuck?
GuppyGal
Jan 2024
#114
Violence is all that works against groups like Hamas. All the blood is on them.
oldsoftie
Jan 2024
#224
You don't think that terrorists who rape and dismember women and children should be eliminated?
AZSkiffyGeek
Jan 2024
#202
Apparently they should do nothing. Remember, as the title of the book says "people love dead jews."
AZLD4Candidate
Jan 2024
#103
They should pick off these underground Hamas scum one by one .....even if it takes decades and let them live their
GuppyGal
Jan 2024
#116
Very interesting. I knew nothing of it, but if it was tried before and failed,
1WorldHope
Jan 2024
#108
Regardless of Hamas' brutality, does it justify killing thousands of innocent Gaza Palastinians?
elocs
Jan 2024
#91
The need to obliterate the possibility of any repeat mandates the elimination of Hamas
TheKentuckian
Jan 2024
#105
So if the IDF gave a figure and Hamas gave a figure, which one would you put more credibility on?
egduj
Jan 2024
#182
I don't rely on either one, I'm inclined to do my own analysis and then make a determination.
AloeVera
Jan 2024
#183
Trust me, people in Gaza don't live in the Land of Make Believe. They live the horror every moment.
AloeVera
Jan 2024
#185
No, it means that hopefully the IDF will mop up the Hamas shitstains and curb all of these Hamas lovers.
SoFlaBro
Jan 2024
#214
Nope. I just call balls and strikes. The Hamas supporters and Hamas lovers are very evident in their behavior.
SoFlaBro
Jan 2024
#226
Hamas's favorite business is dead Palestinian children and business is a-BOOMIN' :nuke:
SoFlaBro
Jan 2024
#237
Hamas is funtioning as a state actor. They are what passes for the legitimate
TheKentuckian
Jan 2024
#236
We agree that the Hamas brutality is unpardonable, what is in dispute is whether Israel's brutality is acceptable.
Chainfire
Jan 2024
#229
My big problem is my inability to ignore the suffering of other human beings. So sue me...
Chainfire
Jan 2024
#244