taylorlorenz, to random
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“At some point — whatever the justification — you’re either advancing a policy that enables the mass starvation of children, or you’re not.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/army-officer-resigns-gaza-israel.html

rameshgupta,
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⬆️ @taylorlorenz

>> “At some point — whatever the justification — you’re either advancing a policy that enables the mass starvation of children, or you’re not.”

There is no nuance in this statement.

The world is not binary. It’s not black and white.

The justification could be self-preservation — one’s own survival and the survival of one’s nation and entire race (including children of that race).

rameshgupta, to random
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After 75 years of failure, one would imagine that a people would learn what works and what doesn’t, both from their own experience, as well as the experience of others.

https://apnews.com/video/gaza-strip-israel-israel-hamas-war-war-and-unrest-israel-government-c28d7cc667e94e94ac97a7a460a90985

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rameshgupta,
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⬆️ #EcstasyAndAmnesia #GazaStrip

The common and deeper meaning to all was that #Israel’s enemies needed to be protected from the consequences of THEIR defeat in the wars THEY initiated and LOST.

It’s notable that this doesn’t seem to have happened in #Arab-#Israeli wars where #eliminationism didn’t feature in the rhetoric or the stated motivations—#Suez in 1956, #YomKippur in 1973, the #FirstIntifada wars in #Lebanon.

But it certainly happened in the wars that began in 1947, 1967, & 2000

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wdlindsy, to random
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"Last night he literally quoted Adolf Hitler, telling his pink-faced crowd that immigrants were poisoning the nation’s blood. The language he’s used to marshal his support among mostly white, mostly Christian Americans can only be described as dehumanizing and eliminationist, the sort of talk that usually precedes mass killings."

https://armoxon.substack.com/p/no-beliefs-just-intentions

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