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AloeVera

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24. "We" didn't commit Tokyo or Dresden etc. Our governments did, and they were wrong then as now.

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 10:08 PM

Jan 1

You seem to be saying that one war crime deserves another or at least can be tolerated and that we shouldn't get our pretty little heads too worked up about it especially since we have no moral standing - even though we allowed, collaborated with and armed the "more powerful" side to slaughter civilians for years, while October 7th was one day that we had absolutely nothing to do with. And even though the international community developed laws and conventions specifically to try to prevent more wars and war crimes like the Tokyo or Dresden firebombing and protect civilians - but what's that to the US and Israel anyway?

Needless to say I disagree with your arguments.

It's interesting though that you dismiss those concerned with war crimes and human rights as lecturing "moralists" while at the same time imply that we have no MORAL standing given our own war crimes. So is "morality" important or not?

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