Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Yes, anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Are we back to talking about exposing innocents to risk - the soldier with the rifle, the cop with his sidearm?
Or are we still going with guaranteed destruction of innocent life as in your second attempt at this?
because there's a difference between risk of harm and guaranteed harm. The difference between a bullet and a bomb.
Also, would you be as willing to sacrifice the lives of Israeli Jews as you are Palestinian Arabs? Do you believe that a person who wants to stop the slaughter of Palestinians is justified in throwing a grenade into Benny Gantz' house, blow up his wife, any children present, but so long as the CiC of the Israeli armed forces is stopped, that's acceptable losses? Hezbollah's justified in lobbing missiles into kibbutzes to "take out" the IDF forces firing from those places, heedless of innocent life lost? Should the people of the West bank start undertaking bombing campaigns against the settlers who threaten them, and so what if some little girls die in the process of taking out their militant fathers?
Because that's exactly what you're advocating. If it's good for one side, then there's no reason for it to not be just as good for the other. But I suspect you change your tune as soon as the race of the people you are labeling as expendable and inconsequential changes.
Which just goes to show your premise - "there's no alternative so it's totally okay!" - is exceedingly stupid and probably based in... let's just say certain irrational biases.