That I still know next to nothing but that I wish them all the luck in the world. It was interesting hearing how the professionals and the students and such gradually learned how to work together. That’s the most I can remember at the moment.
Fuck Florida. Fuck Tennessee. Fuck every red state harming people. Fuck the GOP. Fuck Israel. Fuck 'em. I’m not blind to this being a rightwing problem.
they’re a military coup that overthrew the democratically elected government. this coup was largely in response to US sanctions on military officials resulting from Rohingya genocide and a loss of power in the 2020 elections. so, you could say that it was a result of US meddling in the same way the israeli/palestine confict is or even 9/11 was.
The Palestinian issue is 100% a western creation, so I’m not sure that’s the example you’re wanting to pick…
Thing is the Rohingya genocide is a direct consequence of Aung San Suu Kyi’s release, which you may remember was the political prisoner darling for human rights of the western world.
it’s definitely a western creation, but not wholly a US creation. British and French started it all, and the US’ involvement with peace treaties created a backlash resulting in assassination of Rabin and the rise of Netanyahu.
When she ascended to the office of state counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi drew criticism from several countries, organisations and figures over Myanmar’s inaction in response to the genocide of the Rohingya people in Rakhine State and refusal to acknowledge that the Myanmar’s military has committed massacres
One of the issues with the resistance is that they're an alliance of a lot of smaller groups. So if they win, there's the potential risk that they eventually all go against each other instead of transitioning to a proper government. The current junta however has been involved in a number of scandals & genocide over the past years that you might've heard about. I guess things eventually got bad enough.
Unlike security assistance to Ukraine, where the US details types of weapons and capabilities, the shipments to Israel have been far more discreet, with the Defense Department rarely acknowledging or announcing what types of weapons or equipment it is sending.
It's this fact of trying to coverup what exactly is being given that shows how they know what they're doing is wrong.
Let’s just say for arguments sake that it’s true. Would that justify idk an air strike on an active hospital? Is that how hostage negotiations are handled? Bomb the bank and be like well the robbers were holed up in the safe underground so really it’s their fault we blew all the tellers into a fine bloody mist.
For sake of argument, if this were true, I think the biggest thing is that it would show the international community has been ignoring intelligence and evidence of this and doing nothing. That means the blame is shifted onto the UN and the West imo
Who are we to tell Israel to not bomb resources used to hurt or harm their civilians when we’ve done jack fucking shit about it? The Israeli government, no matter who’s in charge, has a moral responsibility to protect its own civilians. There are still hostages to be rescued and Hamas is still launching attacks at Israel when it is able to do so. Israel just does not have the manpower or resources that we do. They can’t go door-to-door and try to minimize civilian casualties while also being prepared for an invasion from their other borders.
So if this is true and we want it to stop, then it’s the responsibility of the international community to step in and provide the resources needed to minimize or outright prevent civilian casualties. Israel just does not have that capability.
That’s more evidence than what was needed when Hamas said Israel bombed hospital, when in fact it was failed rocket from Gaza that struck it. They even said 500 people killed and everyone parroted that number around. Lemmy is filled with strange ways of thinking.
Hamas has repeatedly shown they will use hospitals, schools etc to launch missiles. There’s a video of a Hamas guy firing a rocket launcher from a hospital. I’m not sure why so many people see this a unlikely. Pro Palestinian state propaganda teams seems likely.
There were already videos with rocket launchers placed in kindergarten as well as stored ammunition and hand grenades… Let’s see if in several days, a video proof that this specific hospital was used for military purpose too, will pop up.
I’m not understanding your comment. That’s probably my fault. My comment was intended as a flippant/sarcastic way of saying, “I need more info before I fully believe that Hamas has a ‘base’ under that particular hospital”.
I’m not saying it’s a straight up lie. Just, that’s a a statement with no solid evidence, so “get outta here with that”.
Sincerely, what was “Is that better?” In response to? I communicated badly so I’m lost.
Documentation? Pictures from inside the base? A third party source that has no bias in the situation (heh, good luck) providing conclusive testimony? Literally anything other than an overhead shot that's labeled with "We swear there's hamas here, guys, c'mon let us bomb more civilians!"
And how do you do any of that without attacking and taking over the place? I got the impression that they hadn’t taken it over yet so photos from far away were the best it is going to get.
My point was that it’s really hard to convincingly prove something like that. Guns? Well could be planted. Armed people going in and out? Well those could be anyone! Some even took seriously my suggestion that perhaps they should film them walking around with Hamas flags flashing their Hamas ID cards, but that would be so ridiculous that it would be suspicious because of that.
Definitively proving something like that, yeah good luck.
Potentially. It’s certainly a lot better than an unpopulated, dingy basement and the promise that “it’s a bad guy’s lair!” from the very same people who blew up the hospital right above it.
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