• @oktherebuddy@hexbear.net
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      2910 months ago

      the number of times I see liberals in the news pigeonholed into the position of “they need to aim better” is enraging. the core premises that israel should be bombing gaza or that they’re even trying to avoid civilian casualties cannot be questioned. they just need better intelligence! smarter bombs!

      • Barabas [he/him]
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        1510 months ago

        It is a common refrain when it comes to selling weapons to militaries that bomb civilians. We have to furnish the Saudis with precision bombs so that their bombings of civilians will be more accurate, this way we are actually helping the people they’re bombing.

      • ziggurter [he/him, comrade/them]
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        10 months ago

        “Collateral damage” is regrettable, but also unavoidable. Thoughts and prayers, and all that.

        Wait, you say it’s the resistance fighters who are killed rarely and by chance? LOL surely you must be mistaken. This is just Russian Propaganda™. Please return-to-sender it to Putin next time you do a personal visit with him in the Kremlin.

      • queermunist she/her
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        110 months ago

        I think they’re hitting exactly the targets the want to hit. Their aim is extremely good if not perfect.

        Israel wants to kill civilians.

      • HotsauceHurricane
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        910 months ago

        I am reminded of a skit from The Whitest Kids You Know, where a news host is asking a biker thug why he needs “munitions that actively seek out infant skulls. “