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In reply to the discussion: I firmly believe the use of the word "genocide" [View all]Happy Hoosier
(7,451 posts)Wars are very hard on civilian populations. Always have been. In April of 1945, over 125,000 civilians dies in the Battle of Berlin. No one called it genocide then, becauser it wasn't.... the enemy was holed up in an urban environment. They weren't surrendering. No one suggested a "permanent ceasefire" with the Nazis because we knew they had to be completely defeated.
Not mention that we were seeing exactly what a REAL genocide looks like as Allied armies found the concentration camps.
That's not to say Israel isn't doing things that I think are worthy of criticism. They are, and frankly making a terrible mistake in the process. Bibi and Likud intend to leverage this as much as possible to their advantage. IMHO, we should, at this point, severely restrict aid and military cooperation with Israel until they can accept some guardrails on their tacts and strategy. They are setting themselves up for ultimate failure, IMO.