[dgxyz]

I didn't defend. I just pointed out that the "freedom fighters" in everyone's minds are raping murdering bastards and I refuse to take a moral position and support or defend them for it.

That in itself is an abhorrent position and I am disgusted at anyone who takes it.

And further extrapolation as you edited it, if a child has a gun pointing at your head and has been trained to fire it at you, which is exactly what they have been doing, then they are legally combatants. But it makes a good statistical and PR job which is just as abhorrent. Legally and statistically speakingh, children... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD2FezhJgqA

I would not do this to MY children.

[close04]

> I didn't defend.

Didn't you?

> if a child has a gun pointing at your head

That sure sounds like defending the killing of children because for sure they were all holding a gun and trying to kill you. Including the babies.

If you show all the YouTube videos in the world, the moment when you find a justification to kill any innocent children is when you become irreversibly the problem.

[dgxyz]

No I didn't.

Your second point literally makes no sense and is based on the straw man that babies are holding guns where I made no point even related to that or collateral kills (which are unacceptable). Secondarily my point is based on internationally legal definitions of combatant and evidenced with a video of combatants being trained. Not like the UN and UNICEF haven't been all over this for decades.

Don't use child soldiers and you won't get statistically significant child casualties.

[Saline9515]

> I just pointed out that the "freedom fighters" in everyone's minds are raping murdering bastards

So, like Israeli soldiers?[0]

> if a child has a gun pointing at your head and has been trained to fire it at you, which is exactly what they have been doing

Israelis do exactly the same[1]

As long as Israelis rely on violence, war crimes and human rights violations, there can be no deescalation. We see it in the current ceasefire, where Israelis refused to stop their annexation war (and flattening) of Liban.

[0]https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2024/8/13/israeli-p...

[1]https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170708-israel-gives-sett...

[dgxyz]

See my other comments. I'm not defending them either.

I am defending facts and stating there is no moral high ground.

[Saline9515]

Yes, although Israel has the power to deescalate, but hasn't done it. They also have a lot more power to inflict suffering to civilian populations.

So complaining about it while continuing to bomb civilians with white phosphore is rather hypocritical and cruel.