Comment by eastbound

Comment by eastbound 3 days ago

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I like your lack of proportions.

This war is about Hezbollah and Hamas shelling civilians in Israel. Like hundreds of rockets per night. If, to stop that, it may harm a few civilians who are waiting next to Hezbollah members,

…you would let people keep shelling civilians by hundreds and hundreds of rockets?

How do you choose your actions, do you always support the guys who cause the maximum deaths? How does it work, “indiscriminate damage” is as soon as a person is inconvenienced while they were holding Hezbollah’s grocery bags? Shouldn’t they … distance themselves?

Pun unintended. But it’s a very good question. Shouldn’t they distance themselves from active murderers?

beaglesss 3 days ago

This won't do anything meaningful to reduce civilian deaths. Less than 0.1% of Lebanon injured, and 10x that number now even more enraged. Not meaningfully repeatable either, won't create significant attrition

Stoking the flames of death is all.

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  • csmpltn 3 days ago

    This sends a message to Hezbollah and Lebanon. "Last chance to turn around". After 12 months of back-and-forth, and all attempts at diplomacy failing.

    Beirut can end up just like Gaza, but Israel has been restraining itself. Not for much longer.

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  • ineedasername 3 days ago

    The massive disruption of Hezbollah's communication network may cripple them enough to shorten the duration of the conflict, and possibly help turn public sentiment from Lebonese civilians into pressure to find a way to end things. The civilians are the people who on average do not feel strongly enough to fight, and may have large number pissed that a group-- even if they believe in its cause-- has brought violence to their communities through a surprise attack against a more powerful enemy. More than half of the Lebonese population believe there is no military solution to the overall dispute: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/shadow-h...

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koolba 3 days ago

> …you would let people keep shelling civilians by hundreds and hundreds of rockets?

I said no such thing though do find it interesting that any questioning of the methods used by one party is interpreted as blanket acceptance of all methods used by the other.

> Pun unintended. But it’s a very good question. Shouldn’t they distance themselves from active murderers?

How could they possibly know? I’ve never been in line for a sandwich and thought to ask if the person in front of me might spontaneously explode.

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