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It really bothers me that we’re (the West) letting Israel get away with so much. First Palestine, then these random terrorist tactics, now Lebanon. And the. People wonder why there’s entire generations and groups of people that hate them.
There’s only one of two end games here that I see. 1) complete genocide of populations or 2) a massive war when people are pushed too far.
I can only think they believe 1 is truly viable so keep pushing where they can.
Do you think it's a bad thing the West is letting Hezbollah get away with attacking civilians in Israel? Or is it a good thing?
Fun fact! You can decry senseless violence from one source while not excusing it from another! Criticism of Israel’s tactics should never be taken as endorsement of terrorism perpetrated by Hezbollah (or Hamas, etc.), just as criticism of the tactics of Hezbollah (or Hamas, etc.) should never be taken as endorsement of terrorism perpetrated by Israel!
So do you decry senseless violence from Hamas and Hezbollah or are all you complaints one sided.
The whole place is a shit show. Has been for years, centuries, millennia.
Wow, your reading comprehension is as bad as Senator John Kennedy’s hearing.
Of course I decry senseless violence from Hamas and Hezbollah. And I would oppose sending weapons to them.
A funnier fact! The poster I replied to wasn't 'criticizing Israel's tactics' - they were questioning why 'the West' allowed Israel to attack Hezbollah.
Take your 'both sides are bad in this conflict' to heart and read their comment again
No they weren’t. They asked why the West was letting Israel get away with so much. Then listed various examples of things that are causing widespread harm to civilians.
Then YOU asked if they think it’s bad that the West is letting Hezbollah get away with attacking civilians in Israel.
But your question begins from a false premise. Basically no government in the West provides aid or weapons to Hezbollah. They are considered a terrorist organization by the West. So the West is not letting Hezbollah get away with it.
Meanwhile the West continues to provide weapons to Israel, who is using those weapons to cause significant harm to civilian populations.
That’s the question. Why is the West letting Israel attack civilians without repercussion? There’s no reason in good faith to ask someone who asks this question about how they feel about Hezbollah attacking civilians. Because, ostensibly, they are opposed to violence against civilians. As, clearly, is the West when it’s not Israel (or, indeed, the West) perpetrating the violence.
(I think the obvious answer to the question is “because Israel is allied with the West and in realpolitik we let our allies do horrible things that we would not tolerate in our enemies.” That’s not an ethical answer, many of Israel’s actions lately have been horrific, but it’s the realistic one.)
Edit: grammatical fix
They didn't really list anything but some superficial simplifications. 'The West' let Israel get away with 'Palestine'. They let them get away with 'terrorist tactics' and 'Lebanon'. Are these vague accusations 'causing widespread harm to civilians'? I think they deserve more discussion than to just say they did 'a Lebanon' and call it an open and shut case Johnson...
Hezbollah (and Hamas) are being armed and supported by Iran. Now everyone knows that the zionists will not see the paradise they crave in the afterlife, but if you're working towards a better world you can't ignore the fact that Iran and the conservative extremist movement they are part of are even worse. 'The West' can ignore that and let the people of Israel get genocided by even worse people, or they can hope for a stalemate (which means they have to support Israel) or a win for Israel (which means they have to support Israel). In any case, not supporting Israel will result in the faction vying for things like legalised child rape (amongst other horrific shit) will win. That will result in a worse world by any measure.
When fighting extremists that blend into a civilian population, it's impossible to be effective without causing civilian deaths. In cases like Mosul or Raqqa, you reach a point where you have to turn the dial past the marker because you just can't destroy them without hurting any civilians. When 'the West' fought the nazi's, they broadly went over that line because not doing so would have just resulted in more suffering for more people.