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In reply to the discussion: The world has declared that Israel is committing genocide [View all]Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)The judgments you are making.
You also omitted to quote the following from the CNN story:
"A US official told CNN that the US believes that the Israeli military is using the dumb bombs in conjunction with a tactic called dive bombing, or dropping a bomb while diving steeply in a fighter jet, which the official said makes the bombs more precise because it gets it closer to its target. The official said the US believes that an unguided munition dropped via dive-bombing is similarly precise to a guided munition."
It may be that the IDF actions are hastening an end to the war and bringing an end to civilian casualties more quickly.
This is what happened at Hiroshima. The use of The Bomb saved not only US livesbut also Japanese lives which would have been immense if the US had to invade Japan.
But you probably think that was a war crime too.
It's also useful to remember that after the devastation of Japanese and German cities in WW II and the utter defeat of their militaries, both countries ceased being war criminal, imperialist powers.