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obamanut2012

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25. I agree

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #18)

Sat Dec 16, 2023, 10:28 AM

Dec 2023

It seems their SOP is EVERYONE is Hamas. Like every Vietnamese person was VC in Vietnam.

Sigh.

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Preliminary IDF report: Hostages killed by IDF in Gaza waved white flag, one yelled for help in Hebrew [View all] Donkees Dec 2023 OP

The IDF moniss Dec 2023 #1

see most American police forces LymphocyteLover Dec 2023 #15

Cry Havoc and let slip the dogs of war. bottomofthehill Dec 2023 #47

The response and personnel applied should have been moniss Dec 2023 #48

If IDF are that careless about their own, how careless are they about Palestinians? Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2023 #2

''On seeing them, one Israeli soldier shouted "terrorists!" to the other forces'' Donkees Dec 2023 #3

20% of IDF deaths are friendly fire womanofthehills Dec 2023 #4

Blind with rage. Rage is understandable. Lack of professionalism is all Bibi Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2023 #5

Indiscriminate slaughter. Voltaire2 Dec 2023 #14

That's why they prefer airstrikes LeftInTX Dec 2023 #19

Preliminary IDF report SYGDeb Dec 2023 #6

The Israelis are in kill them all let God sort them out mode RAB910 Dec 2023 #7

So they are indiscriminately killing people? Voltaire2 Dec 2023 #9

Odd question to ask considering the story we are discussing RAB910 Dec 2023 #20

Rescuing the hostages seems pretty low priority. Voltaire2 Dec 2023 #8

To conquer, mainly. Edim Dec 2023 #10

So what does that even mean? Voltaire2 Dec 2023 #13

Well, we can only theorize and speculate Edim Dec 2023 #49

I think the conquered part moniss Dec 2023 #17

It's pretty clear from their actions what the goal is. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #21

Major demonstrations in Israel today malaise Dec 2023 #11

When all is said and done - many will find the leadership of Israel culpable from the beginning purr-rat beauty Dec 2023 #12

those poor hostages who managed to escape LymphocyteLover Dec 2023 #16

No. intheflow Dec 2023 #28

Who? People on the hunt. On the kill. underpants Dec 2023 #29

well, I think they did it because Hamas pulls tricks like that LymphocyteLover Dec 2023 #37

I cannot imagine what it must have been like PatSeg Dec 2023 #33

indeed-- another tragedy in the cascade of tragedies LymphocyteLover Dec 2023 #36

More perspective from Times of Israel LeftInTX Dec 2023 #18

These comments remind me of this scene from Full Metal Jacket RAB910 Dec 2023 #24

That piece of dialogue was taken from Michael Herr's Prairie Gates Dec 2023 #27

I agree obamanut2012 Dec 2023 #25

That was a serious gap in planning sarisataka Dec 2023 #42

I can't imagine what the families of those hostages must be feeling. What an unutterable grief. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #22

''This is the time to ask for the war to end'' Donkees Dec 2023 #23

Unarmed! How were they a threat? IDF kills unarmed people,What cruelty. Fla Dem Dec 2023 #26

''it is prohibited by international humanitarian law, "to shoot people who yielded and carry a white flag'' Donkees Dec 2023 #32

Unfortunately, this is just a small part of the blowback to come. David__77 Dec 2023 #30

If they thought they were Hamas but unarmed - wouldn't they want to capture them? Wouldnt Nanjeanne Dec 2023 #31

You so clearly what I was going to say... Butterflylady Dec 2023 #34

Yup. If rescuing hostages were a priority, information from captured Hamas would be valuable. But Nanjeanne Dec 2023 #35

"why didn't they take them prisoners" redqueen Dec 2023 #39

They probably thought they were being lured into an ambush. Patton French Dec 2023 #40

But it is illegal to do what the IDF did obamanut2012 Dec 2023 #43

No. Patton French Dec 2023 #44

This is not friendly fire. It is illegal by international war to shoot unarmed people who wave white flag. Nanjeanne Dec 2023 #46

Thank you! Patton French Dec 2023 #50

Cute response but weird since the IDF already told you what happened. Do you not know Nanjeanne Dec 2023 #51

Nothing about this situation is cute. Patton French Dec 2023 #53

I said your comment was cute. Not the situation. You really arent that dense are you? Just screwing with me right? Nanjeanne Dec 2023 #54

What rhey did was 100% illegal - this isn't friendly fire obamanut2012 Dec 2023 #55

Exactly, especially when they were parading their POWs over the last several days! LeftInTX Dec 2023 #41

It was discussed on my local news this morning. They came out of a building with Autumn Dec 2023 #38

hard to fathom what was going through the solider's head Takket Dec 2023 #45

What a cluster f*** this whole thing is. They will fight this till the end of time. Srkdqltr Dec 2023 #52