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Meet the future soldiers.
And the future fighters.
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This will go on until their parents find a way to break the cycle, a cycle that is much older than any of us.
Both sides are committing war crimes, I speak as a former humanitarian worker who actually had to live under those rules and understands how damn easy it is to lose that neutrality.
It is easy to forget that children, like always, bear the brunt. Or not understand why we are at this point. Some in Israel would love to kill every man, woman and child in Gaza. They are not human you see. Likewise for Hamas, if they could, the med would be red from Jewish blood.
Until you all understand this, all your wonderful one side is evil will continue to sound hollow.
Evil acts are being committed. Yes, one side has more power, it's been asymmetrical like forever. The tunnels are real, the fighters who have gone into them are the parents of this kids. The planes and bombs are real, they are the parents of those children. Remember those photos. You are seeing the future soldiers and fighters, who will hate each other because you know what, them evil ones took mommy and daddy, and dropped bombs on us, and made us run, and scared us. Children in Gaza and Ashkelon have a right to live care free.
Those kids, all of them, will have nightmares, real nightmares. They are learning to see the other as distant monsters.
I expect very snarky, in some cases very hateful responses, why this is my only post on the issue. But yesterday I deleted a post pointing out that yes, munitions were placed in a UN school. That is just as much of a war crime as dropping bombs on a market. It does not matter who has more or less power. A war crime is a war crime.
I only talk from actual knowledge in applying the Conventions, not what I read in a book and losing neutrality this fast after one of my crews was cowed by an army officer. I would think I have a tad of a clue. But if you do nothing else today, study those photos. Those are the next wave of active combatants in this endless cycle.
Oh and if Israel feels it's about to lose, they will enact MAD. It is called the Samson Option, google it up.