• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    5 months ago

    I don’t even know what you think my logic is beyond “the more innocent people you kill, the less morally justified your position becomes.”

    Can you give an example of when that is not the case? Because I don’t know too many people who think that the bombing of Dresden was morally justified.

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      5 months ago

      Ok, so if Hamas kills more people that automatically makes Israel’s actions justified?

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          Is there any war-ever in history- that didn’t involve civilian casualties? Any?

            • FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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              5 months ago

              In war, you are allowed to kill innocents if necessary to achieve a valid military objective.

              In this war, the IDF’s objective is to destroy Hamas.

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                “Allowed” by whom? “Necessary” by whose metric?

                If their objective is to destroy Hamas and they determine that the only way to do that is wipe out the Palestinian people from the face of the Earth, you’re saying that’s justified because it’s their necessary military objective?

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                  5 months ago

                  Allowed by international law.

                  Necessary according to their military capabilities, which can be judged by observers.

                  Most observers don’t think destroying Hamas requires wiping out all Palestinians, but at the same time it’s impossible to destroy Hamas without civilian casualties.

                  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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                    5 months ago

                    Okay, well observers are saying Israel is committing genocide, so I’m not sure what your issue is.

                    Also, I’m not sure why you think what is legal is the same as what is moral.

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                You’re not allowed to target civilians at all.

                You can target military objectives like certain infrastructure to disable it, but you’re not allowed to target civilians. The rules of war just says when civilian casualties aren’t punishable. You have to take measures to ensure attacks are as precise as you can make them and with as little collateral damage as possible.

                “eliminate every human because they might be an enemy” is not a valid military objective.

                • FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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                  That’s true, you cannot target civilians. But you can destroy a military objective even if you know it will kill civilians. Per ICC:

                  Under international humanitarian law and the Rome Statute, the death of civilians during an armed conflict, no matter how grave and regrettable, does not in itself constitute a war crime. International humanitarian law and the Rome Statute permit belligerents to carry out proportionate attacks against military objectives, even when it is known that some civilian deaths or injuries will occur.

                  “Eliminate every human” is not a valid objective, but “eliminate Hamas” is.

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                  Did you think others reading the thread wouldn’t notice you adding the word “target”?

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                Yet everyone except Israelites can see that it is a cover up excuse to exterminate the people who they have been trying to get rid off for more than half a century

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          5 months ago

          Engage with the argument please. If you don’t know what the argument is, feel free to ask for clarification.

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            Seems like you need to learn reading comprehension if you can’t understand the relevance of an article about proportions in a discussions about proportionality