solo@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours ago‘As if we don’t exist’: Under bombs in Lebanon, Americans feel abandonedwww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down15file-text
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Critics say the US rushed to evacuate its citizens in Israel last year. For Lebanon, the response has been much slower.
minus-squarenightofmichelinstarslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 hours agoI get what you’re saying. It frustrates me that anyone thinks citizenship matters when it comes to civilians getting bombed.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 hours agoI mean morally it doesn’t, but it should matter for the US that it’s citizens are getting bombed. More than just a moral failure, America not acting to protect those citizens indicates its failure as a state. It’s very much worth pointing out.
I get what you’re saying. It frustrates me that anyone thinks citizenship matters when it comes to civilians getting bombed.
I mean morally it doesn’t, but it should matter for the US that it’s citizens are getting bombed. More than just a moral failure, America not acting to protect those citizens indicates its failure as a state. It’s very much worth pointing out.