Naw, me seeing you is incidental man, it’s still a small Fediverse. It is interesting how often our paths cross though! Never miss a chance to say hello!

Your literal last comment to a post titled “‘Gaza will be liberated’: Tens of thousands march in S.F. to support Palestinians”

liberated through saturation bombardment maybe

Yikes

Another airstrike hit a house near a school at the Bureji refugee camp in central Gaza on Sunday and staff at Al-Aqsa Hospital told the AP at least 13 people were killed

Does anyone know how many air strikes against refugee camps this makes now? Is it 4 or 5?

Israel sure isn’t doing Anthony Blinken any favors. That guy has to have ulcers on his ulcers by now. Maybe fuck him though?

Gotta hedge them votes… I mean bets!

Yeah, I don’t know if the voting part matters to them any longer…

Don’t ask them what they think about black people. Although maybe ask what they think of Jewish or Muslim black people. Out of curiosity. Probably won’t be good.

Don’t count those chickens yet. They’ve got a lot of their own crimes to pardon, so they might try to pull a “patriotism” again.

I believed that to be implicit as neither the US or Israel would abide by the demands of the ICC. Agreed and thanks for helping to clarify the point.

As long as it is an exclusively defensive military, I’d have to agree! Maybe it could go a long way to help people understand each other and that we are all the same.

Would a ground campaign of selective engagement of hostile targets not lower that number? I mean, when someone shoots at you, or has a gun or is in front of you in a terror tunnel (hostages not withstanding) doesn’t that lead to a much lower toll? Israel fields one of the best trained and equipped forces in the world. How could they not have conducted this with the support of very limited/targeted strikes? This is a legitimate question that is being asked globally. You don’t think what I just laid out was possible?

I’m asking for their opinion, how is that nonsense? I was specific in the context of the situation, so there really aren’t that many variables. I even volunteered the main things that would account for exceptions. What would you say with the specifics at hand?

They said they do have an opinion on it. They mention those numbers aren’t out of line with previous conflicts, so does that make the current ratios normal? If we’re here to discuss these topics, then why not this one? How is this anymore taboo then a thread about an ambulance convoy being targeted?

The past wars in Gaza or the proportion of civilian deaths in wars in general? I understand that it’s your personal opinion that’s why I was curious. 1/5, maybe 1/10? That’s not a lot, is it? Do you feel that changes with the importance of target? Does it have to be important targets or are there acceptable numbers that you’d attach to any combatant?

We don’t talk about what happened with Sadam…

What is your acceptable ratio of civilian to target then?

Hey, if that’s your opinion of it then I won’t fault you for it. Perhaps as an American it appeals more to me, as I still really enjoyed his perspective as a Palestine born and raised Christian who has spent his life advising and speaking on the topic.

Thanks for taking the chance and giving it a look. Not many people would, so please accept my apologies for the harsh words earlier.

Which is?

Fuck. This is extremely hard to watch. My heart breaks for this man and his family.

The complexity is that Israel (specifically Netanyahu has gone rouge, saying nothing will stop what they are doing) and that is starting to have consequences for Democrats, and the US world image. This, along with Blinkens recent statements, are a subtle way of telling them to stop, without Biden going back on his full support of Israel.

It is the foundations of deniability, so that if the critiques of war crime and genocide come fully to light in the public eye, the US has ground to shift to. Those drones capturing footage over Gaza can quickly be used to support whatever narrative shift the US deems most advantageous. Can the Dems lose support of Arab Americans and their allies? Can/will they lose Jewish support at home if crimes are unmasked and is that number more or less than being on the “right side” of things?

These are likely the questions that are swirling around the White House and State Department as we speak. Time is of the essence, as 2.5 million people are on the verge of succumbing to dehydration and starvation. If those distributions are equal, a heart breaking cataclysm, in the form of a mass casualty event, could occur at any time. 10,000. 100,000. Who knows how many won’t be able to be saved even once aid comes through. Medical capacity is needed to reverse these things and none exists any longer. The UN is warning of this.

If it happens, blame will need to be swift to maintain appearances and Israel is running the risk of becoming the “Voldemort” of the Middle East overnight.

I really hope this is no way a reprisal for this Irish man talking openly about the loss of his family and his two children (1 and 4) who are still trapped in Gaza