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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17887604

"Children have been shot in other conflicts I have covered. But never before have I watched as soldiers enticed children like mice into a trap and murdered them for sport."

  • Christopher Hedges American journalist on assignment in Gaza
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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Ukraine is defending themselves from an invasion it’s not a war.

It’s quite similar to what happening in Gaza and both should stop.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 13 hours ago

Yes Zelansky support israel.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Look, Country A rolls tanks into Country B. Country B shoots back. Is it a bake-off? A strongly worded letter exchange? No! It's war. It's almost as if organized, armed resistance to a hostile, invading force constitutes... exactly what war is.

The Soviet Union, in a move that surprised absolutely no one who'd been paying attention, decides Finland looks awfully... annexable. They roll in, expecting a quick victory. Finland, a country roughly the size of Stalin's ego, says, 'Hold my vodka.' They fight back, fiercely, in the snow, for months. Was it a 'friendly disagreement over border placement'? No! It was the Winter War.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Look, an armed person breaks into my house so I shoot at them.

Is this no longer a home invasion but now simply a gunfight between two consenting adults?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Isn't that literally what a war is?