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demmiblue

(39,717 posts) Tue Oct 31, 2023, 03:20 PM Oct 2023

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CNN's Wolf Blitzer: You knew that there were innocent civilians in that refugee camp, right? [View all]

CNN's Wolf Blitzer: You knew that there were innocent civilians in that refugee camp, right?

IDF spox: This is the tragedy of war. We told them to move south.

Blitzer: So you decided to drop the bomb anyway.

IDF spox: We’re doing everything we can to minimize civilian deaths.

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CNN's Wolf Blitzer: You knew that there were innocent civilians in that refugee camp, right? [View all] demmiblue Oct 2023 OP

Wolf doesn't seem to be MOMFUDSKI Oct 2023 #1

Of course.... Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #2

Hamas ousted the Palestinian Authority agingdem Oct 2023 #32

Glad your good with genocide krawhitham Oct 2023 #47

My parents were Holocaust survivors...Auschwitz agingdem Nov 2023 #48

Stop with the "genocide" bs PCIntern Nov 2023 #56

I call BS calguy Nov 2023 #61

How many kids are they allowed to bomb? ExciteBike66 Nov 2023 #57

CNN must have cut off Wolf's massages and facials and he's feeling sufficiently cranky hlthe2b Oct 2023 #3

Wolf Blitzer was once the editor of an AIPAC newsletter and very pro-Israel. It it really something that he Nanjeanne Oct 2023 #4

Thank you for mentioning the AIPAC newsletter obamanut2012 Oct 2023 #10

Most of the media reporting is slanting this way ....I have to think he's towing the companying line GuppyGal Nov 2023 #49

When you've lost Wolf Blitzer...n/t leftstreet Oct 2023 #5

THIS malaise Oct 2023 #6

Nobody in Israel gives a damn about Wolf Blitzer... PCIntern Oct 2023 #7

No, I wasn't saying they did leftstreet Oct 2023 #12

Gotcha. PCIntern Oct 2023 #13

Wolf isn't on U.S. TV for the Israelis, right? The entire thing is very horrible but the response from Bibi, the TeamProg Oct 2023 #17

No there is NOT PCIntern Oct 2023 #25

You don't think the response has been over the top? Not to be gaudy, but do we know the actual count of the dead TeamProg Oct 2023 #30

Actions have consequences PCIntern Oct 2023 #38

Oh is that how it's settled body for body count ? GuppyGal Nov 2023 #50

No kidding. underpants Oct 2023 #8

It's okay, though, see? Iggo Oct 2023 #9

Unfortunately, that is true for many folks obamanut2012 Oct 2023 #11

The only war crime here SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2023 #15

Post removed Post removed Oct 2023 #20

Nope SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2023 #22

"Bless your heart"... That's not what he said. Cha Oct 2023 #23

I'm really getting tired of hearing this tired line. OK fine ya know what yeah I don't care about children. GuppyGal Nov 2023 #51

+1 Chautauquas Oct 2023 #46

Well, if that doesn't sum it up perfectly. Big Blue Marble Nov 2023 #53

It seems to me that some people consider Arab ethnicity non-combatants to be "fair game". David__77 Oct 2023 #14

Speaking for myself SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2023 #16

Is there any limit in terms of body count or percentage of the population to be killed? Sounds very open-ended. David__77 Oct 2023 #19

I'm not one of the SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2023 #21

I appreciate your response. David__77 Oct 2023 #27

Guardian womanofthehills Oct 2023 #28

Those "some people" would be Hamas, who use Arab non-combatants as human shields. SunSeeker Oct 2023 #34

So, Israel bears zero responsibility to protect the lives of non-combatants with no way out of the combat zone? David__77 Oct 2023 #37

Israel's Responsibility, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2023 #42

"no right to consider if the direct military advantage gained is proportionate to the risk imposed on non-combatants" David__77 Oct 2023 #43

You Can Do Better Than That, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2023 #44

Humans tend to demote the value of innocence based on nationality, race, religion lostnfound Nov 2023 #63

This attitude on DU is just shocking to me obamanut2012 Oct 2023 #35

Israel is and always has been in a struggle for its very survival. Straw Man Nov 2023 #60

My stance is as legitimate as yours obamanut2012 Nov 2023 #62

What does that mean? Straw Man Nov 2023 #69

Wrong. Straw Man Nov 2023 #55

Israels attempts to eliminate the philosophy behind Hamas will be completely successful by killing innocent civilians ZonkerHarris Oct 2023 #18

Attn: Beatings will continue until morale improves! radicalleft Oct 2023 #29

MSNBC - keeps saying explosions - finally says maybe bunker bombs womanofthehills Oct 2023 #24

NBC womanofthehills Oct 2023 #26

That would suggest they were targeting tunnels, then? EOM LauraInLA Nov 2023 #52

making future enemies tmars505 Oct 2023 #31

And... Jedi Guy Oct 2023 #39

Nothing but Nothing RocRizzo55 Oct 2023 #33

How does a 2 state solution solve the problem if Hamas still exists? SunSeeker Oct 2023 #36

When are you going to RocRizzo55 Nov 2023 #54

When are you going to ... Straw Man Nov 2023 #58

When you folks RocRizzo55 Nov 2023 #65

Oh, please. Straw Man Nov 2023 #70

When are you going to stop being so wrong? SunSeeker Nov 2023 #68

This message was self-deleted by its author Oneironaut Oct 2023 #40

It gladdens the heart to see the war cheers go up. ChicagoComrade Oct 2023 #41

Welcome to DU. GP6971 Oct 2023 #45

2 I think. ChicagoComrade Nov 2023 #64

Wolf! Mike Nelson Nov 2023 #59

Well most of us consider actual refugee camps to be... EX500rider Nov 2023 #66

That was the image that came to mind revmclaren Nov 2023 #67

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