Total population of Israel: 9.2 million Total IDF personnel (including reservists): 500k Total settler population: 700k Total Isreal police force: <30k

But sure, let's glass them all. Especially the 86% that have no active involvement with what's going on. You sound like a goddamn fool.

Edit: let me cut off the horseshit collective punishment argument before you make it: you're still cheering for your own class to be slaughtered

[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 9 hours ago

A nazi using communist words to try to mind control us? Pathetic.

You don't know shit about communism.
Mind control doesn't work
Death to the usa empire

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I'd be fine if the apartheid government willingly dissolved and created a new system where the genocide of Palestinian people wasn't the goal. A government that didn't attack it's neighbors on a whim.

This could be bloodless, but unfortunately the state will not allow that

[–] shoo@lemmy.world -1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Nobody expects the state to relinquish power without violence, but that doesn't mean it's OK to cheer clips of massive explosions within lethal range of civilian houses.

I have yet to see anyone share hard evidence that these are targeted at military areas, let alone actually hitting them. Just a bunch of equivocation about military reserves and public opinion polls. Isreal rightfully caught shit for their pager attack being too indiscriminate but an explosion clearing half a city block isn't?

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I think you're forgetting differences in military capabilities.

Israel can be more selective in it's targets in Gaza, but they deliberately chose hospitals. Iran, the nation defending itself, has to send large missile barrages to try and break through the iron dome defense. Those will be less precise

[–] shoo@lemmy.world -1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't see how that makes a difference? Israel bombing civilians with precision doesn't make imprecise bombing of civilians more acceptable. Everyone ends up just as dead. It just makes it more palatable for people who value retribution above civilian lives.

To put it another way: if you want to hit a military target but can't do so without outsized collateral damage, you don't have ethical grounds to make the attack. You don't see people defending the USA's use of Agent Orange in Vietnam just because it was the only feasible way to clear foliage.

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

So what Iran is just supposed to let Israel continue unprovoked attacks? Yeah that's a fucking stupid take.

Also the US was the invader during the Vietnam War so that's a bad example all around

[–] shoo@lemmy.world -1 points 6 hours ago

When did I say that? All I want is for all belligerents to be held to the same standard. Show me the evidence that these missiles are falling on targets with strategic importance; show me that they're making efforts to not waste human lives. It's clear that Israel's attacks are not and they're rightly called out for it. Why is Iran above the same scrutiny?

US was the invader during the Vietnam War so that's a bad example all around

Why is it a bad example? Does being the defender in a war make you immune to war crimes? It's indiscriminate killing of non combatants either way.

[–] Sandouq_Dyatha@lemmy.ml 4 points 20 hours ago

all israelis are settlers