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It is disappointing, if not surprising, that the west’s response to the ICC accusations was to defend Israel despite its war crimes

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Br7gq

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Holy strawman gish gallop, Batman!

The author of the article effectively refutes all of your novel of deflection with one sentence:

The proposed charges are not about whether Israel can defend itself but how, that is, not by committing war crimes.

Later on, he encapsulates the very thing that all of civilized society is based on:

regardless of the perceived justness of one’s cause, it never justifies war crimes.

Never. Under any circumstances. Ever.