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Israel Hamas War, West Bank, Etc. | Hostilities resume

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RaiGuy said:
Lol, that's just for show. They tell people to leave to a safe area, then proceed to bomb them on their path to the safe area and then bomb the safe area.

Also, you say they sent texts and voice messages, yet before that, they cut off cell service and internet. How were people supposed to get those messages? All of that is just a show for people to think that they care for civilians.

What situation is unrealistic that they are in? They are literally destroying Gaza building by building. That has nothing to do with Hamas. Why do they destroy churches and mosques? You can't honestly believe that Hamas uses every damn building that Israel has demolished.
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How do you destroy a tunnel while leaving the building directly above it unscathed?
 
2ManyBlueCups said:
Outside investigators weren’t allowed because Israel wasn’t in control of the hospital at the time; Hamas was.

Hamas using hospitals, schools, and residential facilities for military purposes isn’t bullshit. It has been well documented for years, even by the UN.
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Investigators can still enter. Palestinians asked for them to enter as well. They wanted to give them access, but Israel blocked it.

So, are you telling me that Hamas used EVERY building Israel has demolished? Just because they allegedly used a hospital, does that greenlight every hospital? Every school? Every university? IF their intelligence is so good, they should know which ones are in use and which aren't. However, they don't care and are enjoying doing as much damage as they can (as evidenced by the Israeli soldiers posting videos of them demolishing mosques, schools, etc... and laughing about it).
 
RaiGuy said:
Investigators can still enter. Palestinians asked for them to enter as well. They wanted to give them access, but Israel blocked it.

So, are you telling me that Hamas used EVERY building Israel has demolished? Just because they allegedly used a hospital, does that greenlight every hospital? Every school? Every university? IF their intelligence is so good, they should know which ones are in use and which aren't. However, they don't care and are enjoying doing as much damage as they can (as evidenced by the Israeli soldiers posting videos of them demolishing mosques, schools, etc... and laughing about it).
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Why would Israel let foreigners enter an active war zone just to attempt to disprove a myth that was already conclusively debunked by every western intelligence service? That would simply give Israel another headache to worry about for no good reason.

Are you aware of any single military in the history of existence that could strike 100% of intended targets only with zero collateral damage? If so, please share.
 
RaiGuy said:
Lol, that's just for show. They tell people to leave to a safe area, then proceed to bomb them on their path to the safe area and then bomb the safe area.

Also, you say they sent texts and voice messages, yet before that, they cut off cell service and internet. How were people supposed to get those messages? All of that is just a show for people to think that they care for civilians.

What situation is unrealistic that they are in? They are literally destroying Gaza building by building. That has nothing to do with Hamas. Why do they destroy churches and mosques? You can't honestly believe that Hamas uses every damn building that Israel has demolished.
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You have a specific view of Israel. They're only being as careful as they are to keep getting money from the US. Anything they do to warn civilians is "for show". Like I said, the civilian death numbers don't reflect that they are indiscriminately bombing civilian areas. The numbers, given the population density, would be 100-1000x higher if that were the case.

You are welcome to your opinion of Israel and the motivation behind their actions, but it simply doesn't align with the math.
 
ZenMode said:
The numbers, given the population density, would be 100-1000x higher if that were the case.

You are welcome to your opinion of Israel and the motivation behind their actions, but it simply doesn't align with the math.
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LOL. This is the point in the thread where you really need to bow out. You know, when you start lecturing everyone about math when, uh,

About 2 million people live in Gaza. There have been roughly 50,000 deaths. 100x that amount would be 5 million deaths in a population of 2 million. 1000x that amount would be truly impressive -- 50 million people killed in a population of 2 million.

Population of Gaza aside, 50 million people killed would be on par with the total death count in WWII.

You should hide your head in a bag.
 
2ManyBlueCups said:
Not at all. A name change is not a change in leadership. Would you vote for Donald Trump if he changed his name to Kamala?
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So when you say “Hamas”, who do you mean specifically? The top guy? The top 100 guys? The top 10,000 guys?

I realize that’s not an easy question to answer but it seems reasonable to expect Netanyahu to outline specific endpoints as a condition of continued US support, especially in light of the absurdly high civilian casualties involved.
 
BlooVooDoo said:
So when you say “Hamas”, who do you mean specifically? The top guy? The top 100 guys? The top 10,000 guys?

I realize that’s not an easy question to answer but it seems reasonable to expect Netanyahu to outline specific endpoints as a condition of continued US support, especially in light of the absurdly high civilian casualties involved.
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Well, the top guy at this point is Sinwar and he absolutely has to go. As in, he must be killed. Even capturing him would be insufficient as it would likely cause more people to be kidnapped to be used as bargaining chips in order to secure his release. Similar with OBL for us.

Best case scenario is a demilitarized Gaza with some sort of provisional government in place and international peacekeepers. Hamas at the very least is completely disarmed. Given that Hamas has run nearly every facet of Gaza for going on two decades, it would be difficult if not impossible to find civilian leadership from Gaza that don't have at least some ties to Hamas. However, strict monitoring could help ensure that whatever governing body comes after Hamas is committed to nonviolence and rebuilding rather than the vengeance and terror that Hamas has been pushing for over a generation now. Pump in Marshall-plan type money but with actual oversight this time to ensure that it goes to rebuilding actual infrastructure rather than terror tunnels. Palestinians who have lived through this war and are seeing a potential future of first-world living conditions, prosperity and broader diplomatic recognition would likely be reluctant to throw that all away and resort to terror.
 
superrific said:
LOL. This is the point in the thread where you really need to bow out. You know, when you start lecturing everyone about math when, uh,

About 2 million people live in Gaza. There have been roughly 50,000 deaths. 100x that amount would be 5 million deaths in a population of 2 million. 1000x that amount would be truly impressive -- 50 million people killed in a population of 2 million.

Population of Gaza aside, 50 million people killed would be on par with the total death count in WWII.

You should hide your head in a bag.
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I'm going to assume you have no further input on the actual topic....
 
TarSpiel said:
As opposed to you, who would ask us - over and over - to believe that 50,000 Palestinian deaths is evidence that the Israelis care about...[checks notes]...Palestinian civilians.
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66,000 Iraqis civilians died from 2004 to 2009. Guess we didn't care either?
 
tonman said:
66,000 Iraqis civilians died from 2004 to 2009. Guess we didn't care either?
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already addressed itt, a couple of pages back.

no, we didn't care and the loss of life was horrific. the architects of the iraq invasion/occupation are war criminals who should be in prison. cheney, rumsfeld, bush, powell, rice, bolton, etc.

just like bibi and ben gvir, etc. disgusting war criminals.

really odd that some of y'all think this is some sort of gotcha.
 
4thgenheel said:
already addressed itt, a couple of pages back.

no, we didn't care and the loss of life was horrific. the architects of the iraq invasion/occupation are war criminals who should be in prison. cheney, rumsfeld, bush, powell, rice, bolton, etc.

just like bibi and ben gvir, etc. disgusting war criminals.

really odd that some of y'all think this is some sort of gotcha.
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No it's war. You don't like it, don't wage it. Hamas looks like they enjoy it and they are the current governing body of Gaza.
 
tonman said:
No it's war. You don't like it, don't wage it. Hamas looks like they enjoy it and they are the current governing body of Gaza.
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Is that what you say about Oct 7th? Or are the deaths of over 200 Palestinians pre-Oct 7th that year not constitute a “war”?
 
tonman said:
No it's war. You don't like it, don't wage it. Hamas looks like they enjoy it and they are the current governing body of Gaza.
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hamas are terrorists. everyone treats them as such. "current governing body of gaza" is a massive stretch, the last election was nearly 18 years ago. they have very loose/unofficial "control" of a devastated area that is not safely inhabitable at this time.

israel/the idf don't behave any better than hamas but are supposed to be a civilized sovereign nation state.
 
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