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Biden notifies Congress of $8 billion arms sale to Israel (www.axios.com)

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[–] redline@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I understand your point completely, it was simply not the focus of the point I was making in my comment

however what you say bears repeating and I have nothing against that whatsoever

edit: by analagous I was trying to refer simply to the parallels in global public condemnation, not any strict empirical comparison in defined terms

the iraq war was a war of aggression involving a litany of further crimes against humanity

what is happening in gaza is a genocide

but I hope my comment can still be understood as I intended it

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Totally, I don't think you were diminishing anything. Just, having lived through both, this feels so much worse.

[–] redline@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 days ago

I was too young for the first and I truly believe that observing what is going on now is a catastrophe for my personal humanity and I hope I can live my life in such a way as to educate and agitate against the forces that facilitated this disgusting farce

comrade, it pains me that you have had to witness both and I wish us and those who read this much resilience and strength going forward