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In reply to the discussion: My only post on the ME crisis [View all]BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)For instance, claiming "a war crime is a war crime" as some sort of ethical or moral equivalent is wrong. Hiding weapons in a school is a war crime. Dropping bombs on a school knowing civilians including children are there, because of hidden rockets, is a war crime. The second war crime far exceeds the first. Morally they are as far apart as night and day. The first has the potential to cause harm in the future, but poses no immediate threat. The second guarantees a lot of innocent civilian casualties.
Israel is the party with true military power. They have vastly superior firepower and resources. They are using those advantages far out of proportion to what justice and morality allow. They are destroying civilian population areas with no military justification. There is no equivalency here between Israel and the Gazans just as there is an overwhelming difference in the body count. Israel has become a terrorist state.