• TheFonz@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Nop. I’m contesting your logic. Not comparing the countries. We are examining whether your logic holds up to scrutiny.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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      6 months ago

      I don’t even know what you think my logic is beyond “the more innocent people you kill, the less morally justified your position becomes.”

      Can you give an example of when that is not the case? Because I don’t know too many people who think that the bombing of Dresden was morally justified.

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        6 months ago

        Ok, so if Hamas kills more people that automatically makes Israel’s actions justified?

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            6 months ago

            Is there any war-ever in history- that didn’t involve civilian casualties? Any?

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                6 months ago

                In war, you are allowed to kill innocents if necessary to achieve a valid military objective.

                In this war, the IDF’s objective is to destroy Hamas.

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                  6 months ago

                  “Allowed” by whom? “Necessary” by whose metric?

                  If their objective is to destroy Hamas and they determine that the only way to do that is wipe out the Palestinian people from the face of the Earth, you’re saying that’s justified because it’s their necessary military objective?

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                    6 months ago

                    Allowed by international law.

                    Necessary according to their military capabilities, which can be judged by observers.

                    Most observers don’t think destroying Hamas requires wiping out all Palestinians, but at the same time it’s impossible to destroy Hamas without civilian casualties.