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Israel/Palestine

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9. Kerry's hot mic WRT Israel/Gaza: "Helluva pinpoint operation"

Fri Apr 22, 2016, 10:52 AM

Apr 2016

Seven OP's started here at DU as a result:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025266194
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025266260
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11094128
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025280069
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11335725
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014851122
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025307382

Now that US troops have the green light to kill up to 10 civilians for every 1 combatant, where are all the OP's?

Unlike Israel, US citizens aren't under attack so why the double standard here? No one argues the kill ratio for Israel/Gaza was worse than 2:1. It was actually closer to 1:1. Yet America allows for up to 10:1 now.

We all know why this hypocrisy exists. It's a no-brainer actually.

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