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dotancohenyesterday at 5:35 PM2 repliesview on HN

Who in your opinion sets the moral framework for defending oneself against an enemy which has sworn genocide and proven capable of destroying entire peaceful villages along their borders?


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ta20240528today at 6:29 AM

Ah Mr Cohen,

Let's re-frame this: what behaviour do you think is beyond the pale for any military?

Then, in you heart of hearts, if Israel's IDF ever did that, would you condemn them and demand sanctions, arrest, and imprisonment?

If not, then this is a non-falsifiable situation: you are for Israel not matter what, because it's your parent's tribe.

So when you are making the list of no-nos above, note that the IDF is already past starving child civilians of food aid and bombing entire residential buildings in Iran.

So I'm not sure that behaviour you could find that's beyond the pale.

The rest of us have lines we will not cross, regardless of what our enemies do to us; it's the slow march of civilisation.

Join us.

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arbitrary_nametoday at 12:12 AM

you're describing Israel here, right?

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