cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17887604

“Children have been shot in other conflicts I have covered. But never before have I watched as soldiers enticed children like mice into a trap and murdered them for sport.”

  • Christopher Hedges American journalist on assignment in Gaza
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    War and massacre are different. Ukraine is fighting the war, while gaza is a slaughterhouse.

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      Ukraine is defending themselves from an invasion it’s not a war.

      It’s quite similar to what happening in Gaza and both should stop.

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        Look, Country A rolls tanks into Country B. Country B shoots back. Is it a bake-off? A strongly worded letter exchange? No! It’s war. It’s almost as if organized, armed resistance to a hostile, invading force constitutes… exactly what war is.

        The Soviet Union, in a move that surprised absolutely no one who’d been paying attention, decides Finland looks awfully… annexable. They roll in, expecting a quick victory. Finland, a country roughly the size of Stalin’s ego, says, ‘Hold my vodka.’ They fight back, fiercely, in the snow, for months. Was it a ‘friendly disagreement over border placement’? No! It was the Winter War.

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          Look, an armed person breaks into my house so I shoot at them.

          Is this no longer a home invasion but now simply a gunfight between two consenting adults?

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