• OrteilGenou@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The US likely thinks that the nation state that was established by the UN to provide a home for a people victimized by an attempt to eradicate Jews in Europe is worth defending. I’m no fan of any of this shit, but as someone else recently pointed out, if Hamas stops receiving funding, the likely result is less conflict. If Israel stops receiving funding, three likely result is that they will be wiped off the face of the earth in short order. I believe there is truth to that.

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      If the US had given Hamas $3.8 billion, it definitely wouldn’t have been used for an iron dome.

      Yes I do believe Hamas is inherently evil, the same way I believe the north Korean leadership is evil.

      Plenty of variables to take into account, and it’s understandable how they got like this, but the same way a lot of serial killers have an abusive upbringing, does not mean everyone with an abusive upbringing will be a serial killers.

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              Fair points. I think that other guy was referring to Hamas apparently digging up water mains to use as materiel for building rockets. That sounded like bullshit to me but I’ve seen that story everywhere lately

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          Probably the first response I am in agreement with, there isn’t an easy solution and I hope the one chosen has the least amount of casualties in the long run.

          I have to go but I may come back to this. Have a good day, and hopefully neither of us will have to live through what’s going on there.