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Originally posted by taxwonk
Hezbollah and Hamas are both political parties as well as paramilitary organizations, living among an ethnically identical polpulation. You, along with Hank and Club, have openly and expressly advocated what is basically a "kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out" policy. That sounds like intent to destroy a religious and ethnic population, which fits within all but the last of the conditions of genocide you quoted.
It's easy enough to say, "I only want to kill the terrorists; if some innocnet Arabs get killed as well, it's a necessary tragedy." It's apparently almost impossible to admit that it's genocide if for no other reason than you can't distinguish the bad guys from the innocents.
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Oh, fuck off. I have not advocated a "kill em all" policy. If I had I would be calling for Israel to nuke Lebanon.
I have simply recognized the reality that when your enemy launches missiles at you, and hides the launcher in a civilian area, you may have to kill civilians to destroy the launcher. It's a difficult choice, and Israel avoided making it for several years.
In other words, Israeli soldiers are dying because Israel did not attack earlier, and gave Hezbollah time to dig in.
Genocide depends more on intent than anything else. You know, like the intent of the Hezbollah guerillas over whom you seem to be shedding so many tears, to wipe Israel off the map.*
*No, I don't really think you support Hezbollah. But lately you sure sound like you do -- because you seem to believe that Israel's only option upon being attacked is to wring its hands in dismay, or politely ask the Hezbollah fighters to please stand 100 feet away from any civilians so they can be neatly killed.
