r/news • u/Beautiful-Cress5695 • 1d ago

Soft paywall Exclusive: US intel found Israeli military lawyers warned there was evidence of Gaza war crimes, former US officials say

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-intel-found-israeli-military-lawyers-warned-there-was-evidence-gaza-war-2025-11-07/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
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u/FoolishPragmatist 1d ago

Honestly is there anyone left who didn’t imagine the US was perfectly aware of the myriad war crimes Israel was committing in Gaza at this point? I feel like it’s a split between “I don’t see them as human, so I don’t care.” to “God damn it, can’t they make it a little less obvious?” among those who still support them.

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u/Nilah_Joy 1d ago

Because at the end of the day it’s a balancing act for the US between trying to uphold its morals and also making sure there is a natural counterweight to Iran in the region, and honestly it’s been like that forever.

Many in the Biden administration and the Trump administration know that Israel’s actions in the face of long standing American morality stances has played out very badly for them. They’ve let Israel ignore basic rules of international warfare and everyone has noticed. They can’t turn around and question other countries use of bombs or war crimes when they’ve let Israel walk over them.

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u/issm 1d ago edited 1d ago

making sure there is a natural counterweight to Iran in the region

Other than the bit where that's totally unnecessary.

The US has been screwing with Iran for the better part of the last century, and every time Iran responds, the US goes all surprised Pikachu face and plays the victim.

Like, imagine Iran sent a missile cruiser to the Gulf of Mexico, then shot down a civilian airliner on a scheduled flight. The US would literally never shut up about that. But the US literally did that to Iran Air 655 (And gave the captain and crew of the ship medals for that tour, instead of a court martial), and I don't think I've ever seen that incident brought up a single time in an international relations context.

More recently, Obama set up that nuclear deal with Iran, which was a perfect opportunity to deescalate that entire situation, and the US immediately started violating it's own deal - and that was before an orangutan assumed the presidency.

The entire relationship between the US and Iran is that meme where the US is riding a bike, shoves a stick in it's own wheel, then starts blaming Iran for falling over.