[yazaddaruvala]

So I agree one sided articles are generally very bad in regard to difficult situations like this. But in my opinion that is because they try to illicit sympathy for that particular side. However, in this case.. the post seemed to be about a new cool technology.

Perhaps it was just me but at the end of this article I felt drawn to neither side. The only thoughts I had on the matter were, "Man that is cool. Its too bad people have to be in harms way for such technology to get funding, but thanks for pioneering the simplest versions of the tech we need to stop asteroids".

[rocky1138]

A good test to see what the article is about is to remove the actors and states then re-read. After doing that, your analysis of the article being mostly about a cool new technology (or neat use of existing, either or) is pretty much spot on.

[ibisum]

>However, in this case.. the post seemed to be about a new cool technology.

So the article is little more than a straw man to divert from the real atrocities being committed by the Israelis' in Gaza today. And that is entirely the point of the OP - that this article is little more than a technocratic diversion to feed the fetish of a homogenous target group, rather than real reporting on the issue.

[dllthomas]

That isn't what a straw man is. A straw man is a mischaracterization of an opposing argument that can be "successfully" argued against.

[icebraining]

The front page of the WSJ is covered with stories about the situation is Gaza, including the most prominent that has the number of deaths in the first phrase. Is it really fair to accuse them of diversion based on a single story?

[hn_politics145]

Why is everything an Israeli conspiracy?

[CamperBob2]

Because if this stuff were happening anywhere else, people in the Western world would be genuinely upset about it.

[omonra]

Good point - I want to know how long Washington or London would wait before wiping off whichever opponent was sending missiles at them.

[ibisum]

Depends if Washington or London were facing a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions on account of repressive blockades from a neighbor. I'm quite sure Washington or London would be sending missiles towards any country promoting invasion, destruction of hospitals, repression of the general population ..