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In reply to the discussion: I firmly believe the use of the word "genocide" [View all]Redleg
(5,861 posts)I don't know what a person's intentions are for calling it "genocide." Some people might sincerely believe it is. Perhaps others are trying to minimize the Holocaust. I don't know.
What I do know is that there a number of people here at DU who constantly invoke our bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as points of comparison. I guess they are trying to say "if those two instances weren't genocide, how can this thing in Gaza be?"
Our nation's actions in previous wars do not justify any and all actions that another state may take in executing war. While it isn't clear to me that that Israel's military actions constitute the technical definition of genocide, I do have concerns for the seemingly high numbers of killed and wounded non-combatants and the ongoing shortage of water, food, medicine and other supplies. I don't believe that this makes me a Holocaust denier or pro-Hamas, or even anti-Israel.