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In reply to the discussion: It is time for the US to withhold aid to Israel. [View all]EX500rider
(10,891 posts)27. What's missing is intent
Lots of dead civilians is most wars.
The US killing almost 3 million Japanese was not genocide because as soon as they surrendered we stopped, if we were intent on genocide the bombing would have continued.
The Jews could have surrendered all they wanted to Hitler, he was still going to put them in boxcars to the death camps, THAT is genocide.
If Hamas surrendered the IDF would stop their assault on Gaza, therefore war, not genocide.
If just dead civilians equaled "genocide" then I guess all these recent wars were too?
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Sorry, but Israel does not have an unfettered hand to do whatever they want, and they have overplayed their hand.
Celerity
Mar 28
#37
If they go that route, I'd rather a two country break. That way both sides don't have to deal with each other.
jimfields33
Mar 29
#54
That is your view. i see it as genocide. Nothing will convince me it isn't. I see what is being done.
Autumn
Mar 28
#15
Maybe you better look up the definition of genocide . Israel is slaughtering the Palestinians and their
Autumn
Mar 28
#18
If you don't want responses to your OP there are tools you can use to take care of that.
Autumn
Mar 28
#22
I already responded to that idea of yours in this thread. I told you it is genocide. The very definition.
Autumn
Mar 28
#24
I doubt if the tunnels have been destroyed enough to prevent a fairly rapid insurgence.
LeftInTX
Mar 28
#32
Ethnic cleansing, mass starvation, mass displacement, a huge percentage of the population of Gaza slaughtered...
Sky Jewels
Mar 28
#26
Damn Israelis. Just go away already. We know you're the worst government in the world and Israelis are the
AZLD4Candidate
Mar 28
#45
The Japanese did the same after Pearl Harbor. They wanted war, they got it.
AZLD4Candidate
Mar 29
#49
Don't want a war, don't start one. Don't celebrate when your government slaughters 1200 people
AZLD4Candidate
Mar 29
#52