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In reply to the discussion: Bill Maher: "People Die in Wars" [View all]Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)5. Israeli civilian dead: 3, Gazan civilian dead: 1,200+
Impact of war on Israel: Some pockmarks, some burned fields, some nerves, but the beaches are still busy.
Impact of the war on Gaza: Entire neighborhoods flattened, hospitals attacked, UN school attacks, repeated mass civilian casualty attacks, power plant destroyed, half the territory occupied by foreign invaders, thousands wounded, more than a hundred thousand internal refugees. Oh, and the beaches are deadly.
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Why? Do you see all Palestinians - children included - as "enemy combatants"?
nomorenomore08
Aug 2014
#11
First of all, the body count in past and present conflicts has been far from symmetrical.
nomorenomore08
Aug 2014
#14
"Everybody does it" is a piss poor excuse for war crimes and atrocities. It's the My Lai excuse.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2014
#26
Reza Aslan argued the difference is Israel is killing civilians with American weapons
oberliner
Aug 2014
#37