Israel/Hamas War Superthread

[Dill]

(03-02-2024, 04:19 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Let's use Occam's Razor.  On one side we have a terrorist organization known to butcher, rape and kidnap civilians.  They also like to intentionally embed themselves in their own civilian populace to ensure maximum civilian casualties if anyone strikes at them.  On the other side we have the professional military of a democratic nation.  None of this can be disputed.  Using this principle, which scenario is more likely?

Hmmm.  Let's not use Occam's razor to slice away history.

You left out some stuff about the "professional military of a democratic nation," didn't you? 

It is an ethnic settler state, an occupying force which drove the families of the "terrorist organization" from their homes, employing 
rape and massacre, then bottled them up inside a narrow strip of land, all illegally according to international law.

Since then they have developed a reputation in the region for imposing collective punishment on the civilians they've deprived of statehood and rights;
blinding children, journalists and other civilians with rubber-coated bullets, using them as human shields in combat, etc. They also have a reputation
for doing the same in nearby Lebanon, killing 20,000 of their civilians in the 1982 war, responsible for the massacre of thousands of Palestinians there. 
None of this can be disputed--though it can be left out of evaluating IDF behavior as inconvenient. 

Now a powerful right wing of their government wants to "finish the job" begun in '47 and drive Palestinians out of their homes in
the occupied territories for good.  And their rules of engagement make them a danger even to their own hostages. 

We aren't getting the story from a "terrorist organization," but from at least two different news organizations, plus an Israeli supplied drone video.
Since the video we have shows starved civilians fleeing AFTER gunshots, I'm going to question the IDF version for sure.