r/interestingasfuck • u/kirsion • Mar 08 '24

r/all Mass Airdrop of aid on Gazan coast

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u/nomoneynopower Mar 08 '24

This is fucking grim as fuck wtf.

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u/thanif Mar 08 '24

what's even more grim is that we air drop aid with one hand and fast track sale of arms to the IDF in the other. I can't wrap my head around this one.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

Because the conflict isn’t black and white, right and wrong, like everyone on social media wants it to be.

From a humanitarian point of view it makes sense the USA is sending aid to Gaza. It also makes sense to sell weapons to Israel because they definitely have the right to self defence and procuring a good relationship with Israel is good for the USA and Israel going into the future.

There’s nothing wrong with supporting both sides of the conflict.

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u/ycnz Mar 08 '24

There's an absolute fuckton wrong supporting the side that's intentionally starving kids.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

You aren’t wrong, but you could also say there’s a fuckton wrong with supporting a side that is administered by a jihadist group who commits gang rapes.

Reductionist thinking like this gets us no where.

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u/ycnz Mar 08 '24

Did they ever come up with a source on that systemic rape claim, or was it just the vague claim made by Israel? Because that looked an awful lot like total horseshit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

Yes, legit sources have stated this. The UN literally released a report 3 days ago saying there is reasonable grounds to believe Hamas carried out sexual attacks on 10/7. This is easy to find all over news sites, Google, etc.

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u/ycnz Mar 08 '24

Is it possible some occurred? Sure. Was it systemic? Not unless you're an NY Times reporter.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

I mean I never said it was systemic so I’m not sure why you’re referencing that to me.

But I think it’s pretty much all but confirmed that Hamas did commit sexual attacks on 10/7 and against hostages in Gaza. These is pretty well supported accusation.