I'll have my bad guy beat up your bad guy for talking bad about that other bad guy that is doing bad things to that other bad guy because I'm not a bad guy!
Really in the case of middle-east it's more like that both sides have done a ton of bad shit to each other to the point that the whole "who started it" question is completely meaningless by now. As a result every party has a "but they did X so we are justified in doing Y" against the other party.
So then, as an outsider, if you feel any kind of sympathy towards either side it quickly snowballs into "but the other side...". But the way I see it, both sides have so much blood and bullshit in their hands that I cannot with good conscience support either side so all I can do about it is grab the popcorn and see where it goes.
The thing that gets me is when people on the internet who have no physical stake in it whatsoever have to jump in and take sides. Oh Israel did this, Hamas did that, Hezbollah did the other thing, come on, we all know the roots of this goes back generations and there are evil men at the head of each faction causing horrible atrocities. Nobody is worth rooting for in this.
Nobody is worth rooting for here except the innocent civilians whose lives are being torn apart, and the only way to actually support them is to call for an end to it.
Well you can't tell me that Israel didn't commit genocide several times in the last 20 years. Logic that the dog bites back if punched so often, Israel did it to himself. But still I would rather see peace.
The first six months of when? In the last 20 years, definitely. That the Muslim countries now say "you went to far with your definition of defence, now we will defend ourselves.". That you compare 6 months with 20+ years I can't agree with.
Israel did take Jerusalem away from the Muslims after 1945 with the help of western civilization because "it was their promised land" in a f*cking book.
My parents are from Israël and even they say that Israël has much more blood on their hands than any other party in this conflict.
George Carlin - if you read history, you realize that God is one of the leading causes of death. Has been for thousands of years. Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Christians all taking turns killing each other ‘cause God told them it was a good idea. The sword of God, the blood of the land, vengeance is mine. Millions of dead motherfuckers. Millions of dead motherfuckers all because they gave the wrong answer to the God question. “You believe in God?” “No.” Boom. Dead. “You believe in God?” “Yes.” “You believe in my God? “No.” Boom. Dead. “My God has a bigger dick than your God!”
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u/bubba_bumble Oct 01 '24
War is so dumb. The poorest people suffer the most from politicians and oligarchs who refuse to check their ego.